How To Install dcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8. dcap-devel is Client Development Files for dCache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is dcap-devel

dCache is a distributed mass storage system. This package contains the client development files.

We can use yum or dnf to install dcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dcap-devel.

Install dcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dcap-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dcap-devel

Install dcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dcap-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dcap-devel

How To Uninstall dcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dcap-devel

dcap-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/dc_hack.h
/usr/include/dcap.h
/usr/include/dcap_errno.h
/usr/lib64/libdcap.so
/usr/lib64/libpdcap.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcap-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.