How To Install libzstd-devel on CentOS 8

libzstd-devel is Header files for Zstd library Header files for Zstd library

Introduction

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

What is libzstd-devel

Header files for Zstd library. libzstd-devel 1.4.4 1.el8 x86_64 44 k zstd-1.4.4-1.el8.src.rpm baseos Header files for Zstd library https BSD and GPLv2 Header files for Zstd library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libzstd-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libzstd-devel

How To Uninstall libzstd-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libzstd-devel

libzstd-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/zbuff.h
/usr/include/zdict.h
/usr/include/zstd.h
/usr/include/zstd_errors.h
/usr/lib/libzstd.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libzstd.pc
/usr/include/zbuff.h
/usr/include/zdict.h
/usr/include/zstd.h
/usr/include/zstd_errors.h
/usr/lib64/libzstd.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libzstd.pc

References

Summary

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