How To Install btrfs-progs-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install btrfs-progs-devel on CentOS 7. btrfs-progs-devel is btrfs filesystem-specific libraries and headers

Introduction

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

What is btrfs-progs-devel

btrfs-progs-devel contains the libraries and header files needed to develop btrfs filesystem-specific programs. You should install btrfs-progs-devel if you want to develop btrfs filesystem-specific programs. btrfs-progs-devel contains the libraries and header files needed to develop btrfs filesystem-specific programs. You should install btrfs-progs-devel if you want to develop btrfs filesystem-specific programs.

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

Install btrfs-progs-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 btrfs-progs-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install btrfs-progs-devel

Install btrfs-progs-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 btrfs-progs-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install btrfs-progs-devel

How To Uninstall btrfs-progs-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove btrfs-progs-devel

References

Summary

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