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
/usr/share/doc/freexl-devel/html/Specs.html
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References

Summary

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