How To Install yaml-cpp-devel on CentOS 8

yaml-cpp-devel is Development files for yaml-cpp

Introduction

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

What is `yaml-cpp-devel`

The yaml-cpp-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use yaml-cpp.

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

Install yaml-cpp-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 yaml-cpp-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yaml-cpp-devel

Install yaml-cpp-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 yaml-cpp-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yaml-cpp-devel

How To Uninstall yaml-cpp-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove yaml-cpp-devel

yaml-cpp-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/yaml-cpp
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/anchor.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/binary.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/contrib
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/contrib/anchordict.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/contrib/graphbuilder.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/depthguard.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/dll.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/emitfromevents.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/emitter.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/emitterdef.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/emittermanip.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/emitterstyle.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/eventhandler.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/exceptions.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/mark.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/convert.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/bool_type.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/impl.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/iterator_fwd.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/memory.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/node.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/node_data.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/node_iterator.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/detail/node_ref.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/emit.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/impl.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/iterator.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/node.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/parse.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/ptr.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/node/type.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/noncopyable.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/null.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/ostream_wrapper.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/parser.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/stlemitter.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/traits.h
/usr/include/yaml-cpp/yaml.h
/usr/lib64/cmake/yaml-cpp
/usr/lib64/cmake/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-config-version.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-config.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-targets-release.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-targets.cmake
/usr/lib64/libyaml-cpp.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/yaml-cpp.pc

References

yaml-cpp-devel website

Summary

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