How To Install brlapi-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install brlapi-devel on CentOS 8.
What is brlapi-devel
This package provides the header files, static archive, shared object linker reference, and reference documentation for BrlAPI (the Application Programming Interface to BRLTTY). It enables the implementation of applications which take direct advantage of a refreshable braille display in order to present information in ways which are more appropriate for blind users and/or to provide user interfaces which are more specifically attuned to their needs. Install this package if you are developing or maintaining an application which directly accesses a refreshable braille display. This package provides the header files, static archive, shared object linker reference, and reference documentation for BrlAPI (the Application Programming Interface to BRLTTY). It enables the implementation of applications which take direct advantage of a refreshable braille display in order to present information in ways which are more appropriate for blind users and/or to provide user interfaces which are more specifically attuned to their needs. Install this package if you are developing or maintaining an application which directly accesses a refreshable braille display.
We can use yum or dnf to install brlapi-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install brlapi-devel.
Install brlapi-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install brlapi-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install brlapi-devel
Install brlapi-devel on CentOS 8 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 brlapi-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install brlapi-devel
How To Uninstall brlapi-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the brlapi-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove brlapi-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install brlapi-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.