How To Install ImageMagick-c++-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ImageMagick-c++-devel on CentOS 7. ImageMagick-c++-devel is C++ bindings for the ImageMagick library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ImageMagick-c++-devel on CentOS 7.

What is ImageMagick-c++-devel

ImageMagick-devel contains the static libraries and header files you’ll need to develop ImageMagick applications using the Magick++ C++ bindings. ImageMagick is an image manipulation program. If you want to create applications that will use Magick++ code or APIs, you’ll need to install ImageMagick-c++-devel, ImageMagick-devel and ImageMagick. You don’t need to install it if you just want to use ImageMagick, or if you want to develop/compile applications using the ImageMagick C interface, however. ImageMagick-devel contains the static libraries and header files you’ll need to develop ImageMagick applications using the Magick++ C++ bindings. ImageMagick is an image manipulation program. If you want to create applications that will use Magick++ code or APIs, you’ll need to install ImageMagick-c++-devel, ImageMagick-devel and ImageMagick. You don’t need to install it if you just want to use ImageMagick, or if you want to develop/compile applications using the ImageMagick C interface, however.

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

Install ImageMagick-c++-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 ImageMagick-c++-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ImageMagick-c++-devel

Install ImageMagick-c++-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 ImageMagick-c++-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ImageMagick-c++-devel

How To Uninstall ImageMagick-c++-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the ImageMagick-c++-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ImageMagick-c++-devel

References

Summary

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