How To Install file-devel on CentOS 8

file-devel is Libraries and header files for file development Libraries and header files for file development

Introduction

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

What is file-devel

The file-devel package contains the header files and libmagic library necessary for developing programs using libmagic. file-devel 5.33 16.el8_3.1 x86_64 44 k file-5.33-16.el8_3.1.src.rpm powertools Libraries and header files for file development http BSD The file-devel package contains the header files and libmagic library necessary for developing programs using libmagic.

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

Install file-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 file-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install file-devel

Install file-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 file-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install file-devel

How To Uninstall file-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove file-devel

file-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/magic.h
/usr/lib/libmagic.so
/usr/share/man/man3/libmagic.3.gz
/usr/include/magic.h
/usr/lib64/libmagic.so
/usr/share/man/man3/libmagic.3.gz

References

Summary

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