How To Install compface-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install compface-devel on CentOS 7. compface-devel is Library and development files for handling X-Face data

Introduction

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

What is `compface-devel`

These files are needed when building software that uses the Compface library.

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

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

sudo yum -y install compface-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install compface-devel

How To Uninstall compface-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove compface-devel

References

compface-devel website

Summary

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