How To Install eglexternalplatform-devel on CentOS 8

eglexternalplatform-devel is Development files for eglexternalplatform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eglexternalplatform-devel on CentOS 8.

What is eglexternalplatform-devel

The eglexternalplatform-devel package contains the header files for developing applications that use eglexternalplatform.

We can use yum or dnf to install eglexternalplatform-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install eglexternalplatform-devel.

Install eglexternalplatform-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install eglexternalplatform-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install eglexternalplatform-devel

Install eglexternalplatform-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install eglexternalplatform-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install eglexternalplatform-devel

How To Uninstall eglexternalplatform-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the eglexternalplatform-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove eglexternalplatform-devel

eglexternalplatform-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/eglexternalplatform.h
/usr/include/eglexternalplatformversion.h
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel/README.md
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel/samples
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel/samples/libsample-egl-platform.c
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel/samples/sample-egl-client.c
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel/samples/sample-egl-server.c
/usr/share/licenses/eglexternalplatform-devel
/usr/share/licenses/eglexternalplatform-devel/COPYING
/usr/share/pkgconfig/eglexternalplatform.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eglexternalplatform-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.