How To Install ImageMagick-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ImageMagick-devel on CentOS 7. ImageMagick-devel is Library links and header files for ImageMagick app development

Introduction

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

What is ImageMagick-devel

ImageMagick-devel contains the library links and header files you’ll need to develop ImageMagick applications. ImageMagick is an image manipulation program. If you want to create applications that will use ImageMagick code or APIs, you need to install ImageMagick-devel as well as ImageMagick. You do not need to install it if you just want to use ImageMagick, however. ImageMagick-devel contains the library links and header files you’ll need to develop ImageMagick applications. ImageMagick is an image manipulation program. If you want to create applications that will use ImageMagick code or APIs, you need to install ImageMagick-devel as well as ImageMagick. You do not need to install it if you just want to use ImageMagick, however.

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

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

sudo yum -y install ImageMagick-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install ImageMagick-devel

How To Uninstall ImageMagick-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ImageMagick-devel

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Summary

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