How To Install apbs-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install apbs-devel on CentOS 7. apbs-devel is Libraries and header files for the APBS package

Introduction

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

What is apbs-devel

The apbs-devel package contains the header files and libraries necessary for developing programs using the adaptive poisson boltzmann (APBS) solver library.

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

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

sudo yum -y install apbs-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install apbs-devel

How To Uninstall apbs-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove apbs-devel

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Summary

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