How To Install scl-utils-build on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scl-utils-build on CentOS 8.
What is scl-utils-build
Essential RPM build macros for alternative packaging.
We can use yum or dnf to install scl-utils-build on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install scl-utils-build.
Install scl-utils-build 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 scl-utils-build using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install scl-utils-build
Install scl-utils-build 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 scl-utils-build using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install scl-utils-build
How To Uninstall scl-utils-build on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the scl-utils-build package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove scl-utils-build
scl-utils-build Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-scl-compress
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-scl-python-bytecompile
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/scl.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/sclbuild.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.scl
/usr/lib/rpm/scldeps.sh
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scl-utils-build on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.