How To Install xfconf-devel on CentOS 8

xfconf-devel is Development tools for xfconf

Introduction

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

What is xfconf-devel

This package includes the libraries and header files you will need to compile applications for xfconf.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install xfconf-devel

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

sudo yum -y install xfconf-devel

How To Uninstall xfconf-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove xfconf-devel

xfconf-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/xfce4/xfconf-0
/usr/include/xfce4/xfconf-0/xfconf
/usr/include/xfce4/xfconf-0/xfconf/xfconf-binding.h
/usr/include/xfce4/xfconf-0/xfconf/xfconf-channel.h
/usr/include/xfce4/xfconf-0/xfconf/xfconf-errors.h
/usr/include/xfce4/xfconf-0/xfconf/xfconf-types.h
/usr/include/xfce4/xfconf-0/xfconf/xfconf.h
/usr/lib64/libxfconf-0.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libxfconf-0.pc
/usr/share/gtk-doc
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/ch01.html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/ch02.html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/ch03.html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/ch04.html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/home.png
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/index.html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/left-insensitive.png
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/left.png
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/right-insensitive.png
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/right.png
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/style.css
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/up-insensitive.png
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/up.png
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/xfconf-Error-Reporting.html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/xfconf-Xfconf-Backend.html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/xfconf-Xfconf-Channel.html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/xfconf-Xfconf-GObject-Binding.html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/xfconf-Xfconf-Library-Core.html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/xfconf-Xfconf-Types.html
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/xfconf/xfconf.devhelp2

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Summary

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