How To Install gd-devel on CentOS 8

gd-devel is The development libraries and header files for gd The development libraries and header files for gd

Introduction

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

What is gd-devel

The gd-devel package contains the development libraries and header files for gd, a graphics library for creating PNG and JPEG graphics. gd-devel 2.2.5 7.el8 x86_64 50 k gd-2.2.5-7.el8.src.rpm appstream The development libraries and header files for gd http MIT The gd-devel package contains the development libraries and header files for gd, a graphics library for creating PNG and JPEG graphics.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install gd-devel

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

sudo yum -y install gd-devel

How To Uninstall gd-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gd-devel

gd-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/gdlib-config
/usr/include/entities.h
/usr/include/gd.h
/usr/include/gd_color_map.h
/usr/include/gd_errors.h
/usr/include/gd_io.h
/usr/include/gdcache.h
/usr/include/gdfontg.h
/usr/include/gdfontl.h
/usr/include/gdfontmb.h
/usr/include/gdfonts.h
/usr/include/gdfontt.h
/usr/include/gdfx.h
/usr/include/gdpp.h
/usr/lib/libgd.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/gdlib.pc
/usr/bin/gdlib-config
/usr/include/entities.h
/usr/include/gd.h
/usr/include/gd_color_map.h
/usr/include/gd_errors.h
/usr/include/gd_io.h
/usr/include/gdcache.h
/usr/include/gdfontg.h
/usr/include/gdfontl.h
/usr/include/gdfontmb.h
/usr/include/gdfonts.h
/usr/include/gdfontt.h
/usr/include/gdfx.h
/usr/include/gdpp.h
/usr/lib64/libgd.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/gdlib.pc

References

Summary

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