How To Install tracker-devel on CentOS 8
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tracker-devel on CentOS 8.
What is tracker-devel
This package contains the static libraries and header files needed for developing with tracker tracker-devel 2.1.5 2.el8 x86_64 55 k tracker-2.1.5-2.el8.src.rpm powertools Headers for developing programs that will use tracker https GPLv2+ This package contains the static libraries and header files needed for developing with tracker
We can use yum or dnf to install tracker-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tracker-devel.
Install tracker-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 tracker-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install tracker-devel
Install tracker-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 tracker-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install tracker-devel
How To Uninstall tracker-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the tracker-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove tracker-devel
tracker-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/tracker-2.0
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-control
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-control/tracker-control.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-control/tracker-miner-manager.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-data-provider.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-decorator-fs.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-decorator.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-indexing-tree.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-enum-types.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-enums.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-fs.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-object.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-online.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-proxy.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-generated.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-namespace-manager.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-notifier.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-ontologies.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-resource.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-sparql.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-version.h
/usr/lib/libtracker-control-2.0.so
/usr/lib/libtracker-miner-2.0.so
/usr/lib/libtracker-sparql-2.0.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/tracker-control-2.0.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/tracker-miner-2.0.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/tracker-sparql-2.0.pc
/usr/share/gir-1.0
/usr/share/gir-1.0/Tracker-2.0.gir
/usr/share/gir-1.0/TrackerControl-2.0.gir
/usr/share/gir-1.0/TrackerMiner-2.0.gir
/usr/share/vala
/usr/share/vala/vapi
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-control-2.0.deps
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-control-2.0.vapi
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-miner-2.0.deps
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-miner-2.0.vapi
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-sparql-2.0.deps
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-sparql-2.0.vapi
/usr/include/tracker-2.0
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-control
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-control/tracker-control.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-control/tracker-miner-manager.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-data-provider.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-decorator-fs.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-decorator.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-indexing-tree.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-enum-types.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-enums.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-fs.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-object.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-online.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner-proxy.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-miner/tracker-miner.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-generated.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-namespace-manager.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-notifier.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-ontologies.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-resource.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-sparql.h
/usr/include/tracker-2.0/libtracker-sparql/tracker-version.h
/usr/lib64/libtracker-control-2.0.so
/usr/lib64/libtracker-miner-2.0.so
/usr/lib64/libtracker-sparql-2.0.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/tracker-control-2.0.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/tracker-miner-2.0.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/tracker-sparql-2.0.pc
/usr/share/gir-1.0
/usr/share/gir-1.0/Tracker-2.0.gir
/usr/share/gir-1.0/TrackerControl-2.0.gir
/usr/share/gir-1.0/TrackerMiner-2.0.gir
/usr/share/vala
/usr/share/vala/vapi
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-control-2.0.deps
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-control-2.0.vapi
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-miner-2.0.deps
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-miner-2.0.vapi
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-sparql-2.0.deps
/usr/share/vala/vapi/tracker-sparql-2.0.vapi
References
- [tracker-devel website](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Tracker https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Tracker)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tracker-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.