How To Install freexl-devel on CentOS 8
freexl-devel is Development Libraries for FreeXL
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freexl-devel on CentOS 8.
What is freexl-devel
The freexl-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use freexl.
We can use yum or dnf to install freexl-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freexl-devel.
Install freexl-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 freexl-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install freexl-devel
Install freexl-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 freexl-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install freexl-devel
How To Uninstall freexl-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the freexl-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove freexl-devel
freexl-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/freexl.h
/usr/lib64/libfreexl.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/freexl.pc
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/examples
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/examples/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/examples/Makefile.am
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/examples/Makefile.in
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/examples/examples.doxy
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/examples/test_xl.c
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/examples/xl2sql.c
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/html
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/html/Format.html
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/html/Origins.html
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/html/OtherTools.html
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References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freexl-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.