How To Install rpm-devel on CentOS 8

rpm-devel is Development files for manipulating RPM packages Development files for manipulating RPM packages

Introduction

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

What is rpm-devel

This package contains the RPM C library and header files. These development files will simplify the process of writing programs that manipulate RPM packages and databases. These files are intended to simplify the process of creating graphical package managers or any other tools that need an intimate knowledge of RPM packages in order to function. This package should be installed if you want to develop programs that will manipulate RPM packages and databases. rpm-devel 4.14.3 14.el8_4 x86_64 142 k rpm-4.14.3-14.el8_4.src.rpm baseos Development files for manipulating RPM packages http GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions This package contains the RPM C library and header files. These development files will simplify the process of writing programs that manipulate RPM packages and databases. These files are intended to simplify the process of creating graphical package managers or any other tools that need an intimate knowledge of RPM packages in order to function. This package should be installed if you want to develop programs that will manipulate RPM packages and databases.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rpm-devel

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

sudo yum -y install rpm-devel

How To Uninstall rpm-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove rpm-devel

rpm-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/rpmgraph
/usr/include/rpm
/usr/include/rpm/argv.h
/usr/include/rpm/header.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmarchive.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbase64.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbuild.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcallback.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcli.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmdb.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmds.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfc.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfi.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfiles.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfileutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmkeyring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlib.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlog.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmmacro.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpgp.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpol.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmprob.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmps.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsign.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmspec.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsq.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstrpool.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsw.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtag.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtd.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmte.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmts.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtypes.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmurl.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmvf.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/2942a8f9d69e1db47d4f1fa1a74298278f0f81
/usr/lib/librpm.so
/usr/lib/librpmbuild.so
/usr/lib/librpmio.so
/usr/lib/librpmsign.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/rpm.pc
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmgraph.8.gz
/usr/bin/rpmgraph
/usr/include/rpm
/usr/include/rpm/argv.h
/usr/include/rpm/header.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmarchive.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbase64.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbuild.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcallback.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcli.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmdb.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmds.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfc.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfi.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfiles.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfileutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmkeyring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlib.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlog.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmmacro.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpgp.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpol.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmprob.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmps.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsign.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmspec.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsq.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstrpool.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsw.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtag.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtd.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmte.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmts.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtypes.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmurl.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmvf.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/f7ee262fcb1e47d1849da6e7ba4259c0190eb7
/usr/lib/librpm.so
/usr/lib/librpmbuild.so
/usr/lib/librpmio.so
/usr/lib/librpmsign.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/rpm.pc
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmgraph.8.gz
/usr/bin/rpmgraph
/usr/include/rpm
/usr/include/rpm/argv.h
/usr/include/rpm/header.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmarchive.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbase64.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbuild.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcallback.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcli.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmdb.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmds.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfc.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfi.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfiles.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfileutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmkeyring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlib.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlog.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmmacro.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpgp.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpol.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmprob.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmps.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsign.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmspec.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsq.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstrpool.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsw.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtag.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtd.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmte.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmts.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtypes.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmurl.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmvf.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/476ee123e8232a9f0967a790487c33a26459eb
/usr/lib64/librpm.so
/usr/lib64/librpmbuild.so
/usr/lib64/librpmio.so
/usr/lib64/librpmsign.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/rpm.pc
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmgraph.8.gz
/usr/bin/rpmgraph
/usr/include/rpm
/usr/include/rpm/argv.h
/usr/include/rpm/header.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmarchive.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbase64.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbuild.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcallback.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcli.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmdb.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmds.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfc.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfi.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfiles.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfileutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmkeyring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlib.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlog.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmmacro.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpgp.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpol.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmprob.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmps.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsign.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmspec.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsq.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstrpool.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsw.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtag.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtd.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmte.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmts.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtypes.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmurl.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmvf.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/a856f6b8b83b9dd91b59aab91ade132064a098
/usr/lib64/librpm.so
/usr/lib64/librpmbuild.so
/usr/lib64/librpmio.so
/usr/lib64/librpmsign.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/rpm.pc
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmgraph.8.gz

References

Summary

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