How To Install assimp-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install assimp-devel on Rocky Linux 8. assimp-devel is Header files and libraries for assimp

Introduction

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

What is `assimp-devel`

This package contains the header files and libraries for assimp. If you would like to develop programs using assimp, you will need to install assimp-devel.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install assimp-devel

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

sudo yum -y install assimp-devel

How To Uninstall assimp-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove assimp-devel

assimp-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/assimp
/usr/include/assimp/BaseImporter.h
/usr/include/assimp/Bitmap.h
/usr/include/assimp/BlobIOSystem.h
/usr/include/assimp/ByteSwapper.h
/usr/include/assimp/Compiler
/usr/include/assimp/Compiler/poppack1.h
/usr/include/assimp/Compiler/pstdint.h
/usr/include/assimp/Compiler/pushpack1.h
/usr/include/assimp/CreateAnimMesh.h
/usr/include/assimp/DefaultIOStream.h
/usr/include/assimp/DefaultIOSystem.h
/usr/include/assimp/DefaultLogger.hpp
/usr/include/assimp/Defines.h
/usr/include/assimp/Exceptional.h
/usr/include/assimp/Exporter.hpp
/usr/include/assimp/GenericProperty.h
/usr/include/assimp/Hash.h
/usr/include/assimp/IOStream.hpp
/usr/include/assimp/IOStreamBuffer.h
/usr/include/assimp/IOSystem.hpp
/usr/include/assimp/Importer.hpp
/usr/include/assimp/LineSplitter.h
/usr/include/assimp/LogAux.h
/usr/include/assimp/LogStream.hpp
/usr/include/assimp/Logger.hpp
/usr/include/assimp/Macros.h
/usr/include/assimp/MathFunctions.h
/usr/include/assimp/MemoryIOWrapper.h
/usr/include/assimp/NullLogger.hpp
/usr/include/assimp/ParsingUtils.h
/usr/include/assimp/Profiler.h
/usr/include/assimp/ProgressHandler.hpp
/usr/include/assimp/RemoveComments.h
/usr/include/assimp/SGSpatialSort.h
/usr/include/assimp/SceneCombiner.h
/usr/include/assimp/SkeletonMeshBuilder.h
/usr/include/assimp/SmoothingGroups.h
/usr/include/assimp/SmoothingGroups.inl
/usr/include/assimp/SpatialSort.h
/usr/include/assimp/StandardShapes.h
/usr/include/assimp/StreamReader.h
/usr/include/assimp/StreamWriter.h
/usr/include/assimp/StringComparison.h
/usr/include/assimp/StringUtils.h
/usr/include/assimp/Subdivision.h
/usr/include/assimp/TinyFormatter.h
/usr/include/assimp/Vertex.h
/usr/include/assimp/XMLTools.h
/usr/include/assimp/ZipArchiveIOSystem.h
/usr/include/assimp/aabb.h
/usr/include/assimp/ai_assert.h
/usr/include/assimp/anim.h
/usr/include/assimp/camera.h
/usr/include/assimp/cexport.h
/usr/include/assimp/cfileio.h
/usr/include/assimp/cimport.h
/usr/include/assimp/color4.h
/usr/include/assimp/color4.inl
/usr/include/assimp/config.h
/usr/include/assimp/defs.h
/usr/include/assimp/fast_atof.h
/usr/include/assimp/importerdesc.h
/usr/include/assimp/irrXMLWrapper.h
/usr/include/assimp/light.h
/usr/include/assimp/material.h
/usr/include/assimp/material.inl
/usr/include/assimp/matrix3x3.h
/usr/include/assimp/matrix3x3.inl
/usr/include/assimp/matrix4x4.h
/usr/include/assimp/matrix4x4.inl
/usr/include/assimp/mesh.h
/usr/include/assimp/metadata.h
/usr/include/assimp/pbrmaterial.h
/usr/include/assimp/postprocess.h
/usr/include/assimp/qnan.h
/usr/include/assimp/quaternion.h
/usr/include/assimp/quaternion.inl
/usr/include/assimp/scene.h
/usr/include/assimp/texture.h
/usr/include/assimp/types.h
/usr/include/assimp/vector2.h
/usr/include/assimp/vector2.inl
/usr/include/assimp/vector3.h
/usr/include/assimp/vector3.inl
/usr/include/assimp/version.h
/usr/lib64/cmake/assimp-5.0
/usr/lib64/cmake/assimp-5.0/assimp-config-version.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/assimp-5.0/assimp-config.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/assimp-5.0/assimpTargets-release.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/assimp-5.0/assimpTargets.cmake
/usr/lib64/libassimp.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/assimp.pc

References

assimp-devel website

Summary

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