How To Install afflib-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install afflib-devel on Rocky Linux 8. afflib-devel is Development files for afflib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install afflib-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is afflib-devel

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

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

Install afflib-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install afflib-devel

Install afflib-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install afflib-devel

How To Uninstall afflib-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove afflib-devel

afflib-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/afflib
/usr/include/afflib/afflib.h
/usr/include/afflib/afflib_i.h
/usr/include/afflib/aftimer.h
/usr/include/afflib/utils.h
/usr/lib64/libafflib.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/afflib.pc
/usr/share/doc/afflib-devel
/usr/share/doc/afflib-devel/crypto_design.txt
/usr/share/doc/afflib-devel/crypto_doc.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install afflib-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.