How To Install cairo-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cairo-devel on CentOS 7. cairo-devel is Development files for cairo

Introduction

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

What is cairo-devel

Cairo is a 2D graphics library designed to provide high-quality display and print output. This package contains libraries, header files and developer documentation needed for developing software which uses the cairo graphics library. Cairo is a 2D graphics library designed to provide high-quality display and print output. This package contains libraries, header files and developer documentation needed for developing software which uses the cairo graphics library.

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

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

sudo yum -y install cairo-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install cairo-devel

How To Uninstall cairo-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cairo-devel

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Summary

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