How To Install gflags-devel on CentOS 8

gflags-devel is Development files for gflags Development files for gflags

Introduction

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

What is gflags-devel

This package contains development files for gflags. gflags-devel 2.1.2 6.el8 x86_64 35 k gflags-2.1.2-6.el8.src.rpm powertools Development files for gflags https BSD This package contains development files for gflags.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install gflags-devel

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

sudo yum -y install gflags-devel

How To Uninstall gflags-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gflags-devel

gflags-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/gflags
/usr/include/gflags/gflags.h
/usr/include/gflags/gflags_completions.h
/usr/include/gflags/gflags_declare.h
/usr/include/gflags/gflags_gflags.h
/usr/lib/cmake/gflags
/usr/lib/cmake/gflags/gflags-config-version.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/gflags/gflags-config.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/gflags/gflags-export-noconfig.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/gflags/gflags-export.cmake
/usr/lib/libgflags.so
/usr/lib/libgflags_nothreads.so
/usr/share/doc/gflags-devel
/usr/share/doc/gflags-devel/designstyle.css
/usr/share/doc/gflags-devel/index.html
/usr/include/gflags
/usr/include/gflags/gflags.h
/usr/include/gflags/gflags_completions.h
/usr/include/gflags/gflags_declare.h
/usr/include/gflags/gflags_gflags.h
/usr/lib64/cmake/gflags
/usr/lib64/cmake/gflags/gflags-config-version.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/gflags/gflags-config.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/gflags/gflags-export-noconfig.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/gflags/gflags-export.cmake
/usr/lib64/libgflags.so
/usr/lib64/libgflags_nothreads.so
/usr/share/doc/gflags-devel
/usr/share/doc/gflags-devel/designstyle.css
/usr/share/doc/gflags-devel/index.html

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Summary

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