How To Install barcode-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is barcode-devel

The barcode-devel package contains the header files and libraries needed to develop programs that use the barcode library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install barcode-devel

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

sudo yum -y install barcode-devel

How To Uninstall barcode-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove barcode-devel

barcode-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/barcode.h
/usr/lib64/libbarcode.a
/usr/share/man/man3/barcode.3.gz

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Summary

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