How To Install GeographicLib-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install GeographicLib-devel on CentOS 7. GeographicLib-devel is Development files and libraries for GeographicLib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install GeographicLib-devel on CentOS 7.

What is GeographicLib-devel

This package contains the header files and libraries for GeographicLib. If you like to develop programs using GeographicLib, you will need to install GeographicLib-devel.

We can use yum or dnf to install GeographicLib-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install GeographicLib-devel.

Install GeographicLib-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install GeographicLib-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install GeographicLib-devel

Install GeographicLib-devel on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install GeographicLib-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install GeographicLib-devel

How To Uninstall GeographicLib-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove GeographicLib-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install GeographicLib-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.