How To Install recode-devel on CentOS 8

recode-devel is Header files for development using recode Header files for development using recode

Introduction

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

What is recode-devel

The recode' library converts files between character sets and usages. The library recognizes or produces nearly 150 different character sets and is able to transliterate files between almost any pair. When exact transliteration are not possible, it may get rid of the offending characters or fall back on approximations. Most RFC 1345 character sets are supported. recode-devel 3.6 47.el8 x86_64 21 k recode-3.6-47.el8.src.rpm powertools Header files for development using recode http GPLv2+ The recode’ library converts files between character sets and usages. The library recognizes or produces nearly 150 different character sets and is able to transliterate files between almost any pair. When exact transliteration are not possible, it may get rid of the offending characters or fall back on approximations. Most RFC 1345 character sets are supported.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install recode-devel

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

sudo yum -y install recode-devel

How To Uninstall recode-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove recode-devel

recode-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/recode.h
/usr/include/recodext.h
/usr/lib/librecode.so
/usr/include/recode.h
/usr/include/recodext.h
/usr/lib64/librecode.so

References

Summary

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