How To Install uuid-devel on CentOS 8

uuid-devel is Development support for Universally Unique Identifier library Development support for Universally Unique Identifier library

Introduction

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

What is `uuid-devel`

Development headers and libraries for OSSP uuid. uuid-devel 1.6.2 43.el8 x86_64 31 k uuid-1.6.2-43.el8.src.rpm powertools Development support for Universally Unique Identifier library http MIT Development headers and libraries for OSSP uuid.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install uuid-devel

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

sudo yum -y install uuid-devel

How To Uninstall uuid-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove uuid-devel

uuid-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/uuid-config
/usr/bin/uuid-config.i686
/usr/include/uuid.h
/usr/lib/libossp-uuid.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/ossp-uuid.pc
/usr/share/man/man1/uuid-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ossp-uuid.3.gz
/usr/bin/uuid-config
/usr/bin/uuid-config.x86_64
/usr/include/uuid.h
/usr/lib64/libossp-uuid.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ossp-uuid.pc
/usr/share/man/man1/uuid-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ossp-uuid.3.gz

References

[uuid-devel website](http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/)

Summary

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