How To Install ragel-devel on CentOS 8

ragel-devel is Development libraries header files for ragel

Introduction

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

What is ragel-devel

Development libraries header files for ragel.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ragel-devel

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

sudo yum -y install ragel-devel

How To Uninstall ragel-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove ragel-devel

ragel-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/ragel
/usr/include/ragel/action.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlbasic.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlcommon.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlibasic.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlikeyless.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlimap.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlimel.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlimelkey.h
/usr/include/ragel/avliset.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlitree.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlkeyless.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlmap.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlmel.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlmelkey.h
/usr/include/ragel/avlset.h
/usr/include/ragel/avltree.h
/usr/include/ragel/bstcommon.h
/usr/include/ragel/bstmap.h
/usr/include/ragel/bstset.h
/usr/include/ragel/bsttable.h
/usr/include/ragel/bubblesort.h
/usr/include/ragel/common.h
/usr/include/ragel/compare.h
/usr/include/ragel/config.h
/usr/include/ragel/dlcommon.h
/usr/include/ragel/dlist.h
/usr/include/ragel/dlistmel.h
/usr/include/ragel/dlistval.h
/usr/include/ragel/dot.h
/usr/include/ragel/fsmgraph.h
/usr/include/ragel/gendata.h
/usr/include/ragel/insertsort.h
/usr/include/ragel/mergesort.h
/usr/include/ragel/quicksort.h
/usr/include/ragel/ragel.h
/usr/include/ragel/redfsm.h
/usr/include/ragel/resize.h
/usr/include/ragel/sbstmap.h
/usr/include/ragel/sbstset.h
/usr/include/ragel/sbsttable.h
/usr/include/ragel/svector.h
/usr/include/ragel/table.h
/usr/include/ragel/vector.h
/usr/lib64/libfsm.so
/usr/lib64/libragel.so

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Summary

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