How To Install yajl-devel on CentOS 8

yajl-devel is Libraries, includes, etc to develop with YAJL Libraries, includes, etc to develop with YAJL

Introduction

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

What is yajl-devel

Yet Another JSON Library. YAJL is a small event-driven (SAX-style) JSON parser written in ANSI C, and a small validating JSON generator. This sub-package provides the libraries and includes necessary for developing against the YAJL library yajl-devel 2.1.0 10.el8 x86_64 19 k yajl-2.1.0-10.el8.src.rpm powertools Libraries, includes, etc to develop with YAJL http ISC Yet Another JSON Library. YAJL is a small event-driven (SAX-style) JSON parser written in ANSI C, and a small validating JSON generator. This sub-package provides the libraries and includes necessary for developing against the YAJL library

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

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

sudo dnf -y install yajl-devel

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

sudo yum -y install yajl-devel

How To Uninstall yajl-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove yajl-devel

yajl-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/yajl
/usr/include/yajl/yajl_common.h
/usr/include/yajl/yajl_gen.h
/usr/include/yajl/yajl_parse.h
/usr/include/yajl/yajl_tree.h
/usr/include/yajl/yajl_version.h
/usr/lib/libyajl.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/yajl.pc
/usr/include/yajl
/usr/include/yajl/yajl_common.h
/usr/include/yajl/yajl_gen.h
/usr/include/yajl/yajl_parse.h
/usr/include/yajl/yajl_tree.h
/usr/include/yajl/yajl_version.h
/usr/lib64/libyajl.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/yajl.pc

References

Summary

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