How To Install compat-glibc-headers on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-glibc-headers on CentOS 7. compat-glibc-headers is Header files for development using standard C libraries.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-glibc-headers on CentOS 7.

What is compat-glibc-headers

The compat-glibc-headers package contains the header files from CentOS Linux 6

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

Install compat-glibc-headers on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install compat-glibc-headers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-glibc-headers

Install compat-glibc-headers 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 compat-glibc-headers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compat-glibc-headers

How To Uninstall compat-glibc-headers on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the compat-glibc-headers package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove compat-glibc-headers

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-glibc-headers on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.