How To Install zimg-devel on CentOS 8

zimg-devel is Development files for zimg

Introduction

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

What is zimg-devel

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

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

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

sudo dnf -y install zimg-devel

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

sudo yum -y install zimg-devel

How To Uninstall zimg-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove zimg-devel

zimg-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/testapp
/usr/include/zimg++.hpp
/usr/include/zimg.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/4543d53c75e9a1ab4960c1a2a6262ced8c3f0a
/usr/lib64/libzimg.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/zimg.pc

References

Summary

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