How To Install dev86 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dev86 on CentOS 7.
What is dev86
The dev86 package provides an assembler and linker for real mode 80x86 instructions. You’ll need to have this package installed in order to build programs that run in real mode, including LILO and the kernel’s bootstrapping code, from their sources. You should install dev86 if you intend to build programs that run in real mode from their source code.
We can use yum or dnf to install dev86 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dev86.
Install dev86 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install dev86 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dev86
Install dev86 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 dev86 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dev86
How To Uninstall dev86 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the dev86 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dev86
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dev86 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
