How To Install znc-devel on CentOS 8

znc-devel is Development files needed to compile ZNC modules

Introduction

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

What is znc-devel

All includes and program files you need to compile your own znc modules.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install znc-devel

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

sudo yum -y install znc-devel

How To Uninstall znc-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove znc-devel

znc-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/znc-buildmod
/usr/include/znc
/usr/include/znc/Buffer.h
/usr/include/znc/Chan.h
/usr/include/znc/Client.h
/usr/include/znc/Config.h
/usr/include/znc/Csocket.h
/usr/include/znc/ExecSock.h
/usr/include/znc/FileUtils.h
/usr/include/znc/HTTPSock.h
/usr/include/znc/IRCNetwork.h
/usr/include/znc/IRCSock.h
/usr/include/znc/Listener.h
/usr/include/znc/MD5.h
/usr/include/znc/Message.h
/usr/include/znc/Modules.h
/usr/include/znc/Nick.h
/usr/include/znc/Query.h
/usr/include/znc/SHA256.h
/usr/include/znc/SSLVerifyHost.h
/usr/include/znc/Server.h
/usr/include/znc/Socket.h
/usr/include/znc/Template.h
/usr/include/znc/Threads.h
/usr/include/znc/Translation.h
/usr/include/znc/User.h
/usr/include/znc/Utils.h
/usr/include/znc/WebModules.h
/usr/include/znc/ZNCDebug.h
/usr/include/znc/ZNCString.h
/usr/include/znc/defines.h
/usr/include/znc/main.h
/usr/include/znc/version.h
/usr/include/znc/znc.h
/usr/include/znc/zncconfig.h
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/znc.pc
/usr/share/man/man1/znc-buildmod.1.gz

References

Summary

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