How To Install avahi-glib-devel on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is avahi-glib-devel

The avahi-devel package contains the header files and libraries necessary for developing programs using avahi with glib. The avahi-devel package contains the header files and libraries necessary for developing programs using avahi with glib.

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

Install avahi-glib-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 avahi-glib-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install avahi-glib-devel

Install avahi-glib-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 avahi-glib-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install avahi-glib-devel

How To Uninstall avahi-glib-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove avahi-glib-devel

References

• avahi-glib-devel website

Summary

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