How To Install xz-devel on CentOS 8

xz-devel is Devel libraries & headers for liblzma Devel libraries & headers for liblzma

Introduction

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

What is xz-devel

Devel libraries and headers for liblzma. xz-devel 5.2.4 3.el8 x86_64 62 k xz-5.2.4-3.el8.src.rpm baseos Devel libraries & headers for liblzma http Public Domain Devel libraries and headers for liblzma.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install xz-devel

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

sudo yum -y install xz-devel

How To Uninstall xz-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove xz-devel

xz-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/lzma
/usr/include/lzma.h
/usr/include/lzma/base.h
/usr/include/lzma/bcj.h
/usr/include/lzma/block.h
/usr/include/lzma/check.h
/usr/include/lzma/container.h
/usr/include/lzma/delta.h
/usr/include/lzma/filter.h
/usr/include/lzma/hardware.h
/usr/include/lzma/index.h
/usr/include/lzma/index_hash.h
/usr/include/lzma/lzma12.h
/usr/include/lzma/stream_flags.h
/usr/include/lzma/version.h
/usr/include/lzma/vli.h
/usr/lib/liblzma.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/liblzma.pc
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/00_README.txt
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/01_compress_easy.c
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/02_decompress.c
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/03_compress_custom.c
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/04_compress_easy_mt.c
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples_old
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples_old/xz_pipe_comp.c
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples_old/xz_pipe_decomp.c
/usr/include/lzma
/usr/include/lzma.h
/usr/include/lzma/base.h
/usr/include/lzma/bcj.h
/usr/include/lzma/block.h
/usr/include/lzma/check.h
/usr/include/lzma/container.h
/usr/include/lzma/delta.h
/usr/include/lzma/filter.h
/usr/include/lzma/hardware.h
/usr/include/lzma/index.h
/usr/include/lzma/index_hash.h
/usr/include/lzma/lzma12.h
/usr/include/lzma/stream_flags.h
/usr/include/lzma/version.h
/usr/include/lzma/vli.h
/usr/lib64/liblzma.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/liblzma.pc
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/00_README.txt
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/01_compress_easy.c
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/02_decompress.c
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/03_compress_custom.c
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/04_compress_easy_mt.c
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples_old
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples_old/xz_pipe_comp.c
/usr/share/doc/xz/examples_old/xz_pipe_decomp.c

References

Summary

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