How To Install c-ares-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install c-ares-devel on CentOS 8.
What is c-ares-devel
This package contains the header files and libraries needed to compile applications or shared objects that use c-ares. This package contains the header files and libraries needed to compile applications or shared objects that use c-ares.
We can use yum or dnf to install c-ares-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install c-ares-devel.
Install c-ares-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 c-ares-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install c-ares-devel
Install c-ares-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 c-ares-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install c-ares-devel
How To Uninstall c-ares-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the c-ares-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove c-ares-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install c-ares-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.