How To Install libusbx-devel on CentOS 8

libusbx-devel is Development files for libusbx Development files for libusbx

Introduction

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

What is libusbx-devel

The libusbx-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libusbx. libusbx-devel 1.0.23 4.el8 x86_64 30 k libusbx-1.0.23-4.el8.src.rpm baseos Development files for libusbx http LGPLv2+ The libusbx-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libusbx.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libusbx-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libusbx-devel

How To Uninstall libusbx-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libusbx-devel

libusbx-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/libusb-1.0
/usr/include/libusb-1.0/libusb.h
/usr/lib/libusb-1.0.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libusb-1.0.pc
/usr/include/libusb-1.0
/usr/include/libusb-1.0/libusb.h
/usr/lib64/libusb-1.0.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libusb-1.0.pc

References

Summary

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