How To Install apr-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install apr-devel on CentOS 7. apr-devel is APR library development kit

Introduction

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

What is apr-devel

This package provides the support files which can be used to build applications using the APR library. The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is to provide a free library of C data structures and routines. This package provides the support files which can be used to build applications using the APR library. The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is to provide a free library of C data structures and routines.

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

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

sudo yum -y install apr-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install apr-devel

How To Uninstall apr-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove apr-devel

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Summary

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