How To Install dialog-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dialog-devel on CentOS 7.
What is dialog-devel
Dialog is a utility that allows you to show dialog boxes (containing questions or messages) in TTY (text mode) interfaces. This package contains the files needed for developing applications, which use the dialog library. Dialog is a utility that allows you to show dialog boxes (containing questions or messages) in TTY (text mode) interfaces. This package contains the files needed for developing applications, which use the dialog library.
We can use yum or dnf to install dialog-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dialog-devel.
Install dialog-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 dialog-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dialog-devel
Install dialog-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 dialog-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dialog-devel
How To Uninstall dialog-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the dialog-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dialog-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dialog-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.