How To Install imake on CentOS 8

imake is imake source code configuration and build system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imake on CentOS 8.

What is `imake`

Imake is a deprecated source code configuration and build system which has traditionally been supplied by and used to build the X Window System in X11R6 and previous releases. As of the X Window System X11R7 release, the X Window system has switched to using GNU autotools as the primary build system, and the Imake system is now deprecated, and should not be used by new software projects. Software developers are encouraged to migrate software to the GNU autotools system.

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

Install imake 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 imake using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install imake

Install imake 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 imake using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install imake

How To Uninstall imake on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the imake package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove imake

imake Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/ccmakedep
/usr/bin/cleanlinks
/usr/bin/gccmakedep
/usr/bin/imake
/usr/bin/lndir
/usr/bin/makedepend
/usr/bin/makeg
/usr/bin/mergelib
/usr/bin/mkdirhier
/usr/bin/mkhtmlindex
/usr/bin/revpath
/usr/bin/xmkmf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/b13192289f00e80a35639914931d3e5d7e8d5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/3ed5f046c4bd46e77ebe5670c6e9269502b889
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/2fa3760acfca59e2c630c25d86fd371709fbb9
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/8eb4abf2d88ab0b18139829a7db4c450870f8f
/usr/share/X11/config
/usr/share/X11/config/Amoeba.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/DGUX.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/DragonFly.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/FreeBSD.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/Imake.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/Imake.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/Imake.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/Library.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/Mips.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/Motif.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/Motif.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/NetBSD.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/Oki.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/OpenBSD.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/OpenBSDLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/OpenBSDLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/QNX4.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/QNX4.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/Server.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/ServerLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/Threads.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/Win32.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/Win32.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/WinLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/X11.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/X11.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/apollo.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/bsd.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/bsdLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/bsdLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/bsdi.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/bsdiLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/bsdiLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/cde.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/cde.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/convex.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/cray.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/cross.def
/usr/share/X11/config/cross.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/cygwin.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/cygwin.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/cygwin.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/darwin.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/darwinLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/darwinLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/date.def
/usr/share/X11/config/dmx.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/fujitsu.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/generic.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/gnu.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/gnuLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/gnuLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/host.def
/usr/share/X11/config/hp.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/hpLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/hpLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/ibm.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/ibmLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/ibmLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/isc.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/linux.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/lnxLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/lnxLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/lnxdoc.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/lnxdoc.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/luna.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/lynx.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/macII.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/mach.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/mingw.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/mingw.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/mingw.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/minix.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/moto.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/ncr.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/nec.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/necLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/necLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/noop.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/nto.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/nto.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/oldlib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/os2.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/os2.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/os2Lib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/os2Lib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/osf1.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/osfLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/osfLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/pegasus.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sco.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sco5.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/scoLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sequent.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sequentLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sgi.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sgiLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sgiLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/site.def
/usr/share/X11/config/sony.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sun.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sunLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sunLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/sv3Lib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sv3Lib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/sv4Lib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sv4Lib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/svr3.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/svr4.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/ultrix.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/usl.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/version.def
/usr/share/X11/config/x386.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/xf86.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/xf86.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/xf86site.def
/usr/share/X11/config/xfree86.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/xorg.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/xorg.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/xorgsite.def
/usr/share/X11/config/xorgversion.def
/usr/share/man/man1/ccmakedep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cleanlinks.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gccmakedep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imake.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lndir.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/makedepend.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/makeg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mergelib.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mkdirhier.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mkhtmlindex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/revpath.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmkmf.1.gz

References

imake website

Summary

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