How To Install wcstools-devel on CentOS 8

wcstools-devel is Libraries, includes, etc. used to develop an application with wcstools

Introduction

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

What is wcstools-devel

This are the files needed to develop an application using wcstools.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install wcstools-devel

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

sudo yum -y install wcstools-devel

How To Uninstall wcstools-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove wcstools-devel

wcstools-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/wcs
/usr/include/wcs/fitsfile.h
/usr/include/wcs/fitsfile1.h
/usr/include/wcs/fitshead.h
/usr/include/wcs/fitswcs.h
/usr/include/wcs/imio.h
/usr/include/wcs/lwcs.h
/usr/include/wcs/wcs.h
/usr/include/wcs/wcscat.h
/usr/include/wcs/wcscat1.h
/usr/include/wcs/wcslib.h
/usr/lib64/libwcstools.so
/usr/share/doc/wcstools-devel
/usr/share/doc/wcstools-devel/NEWS

References

Summary

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