How To Install dpkg-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpkg-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is dpkg-devel
This package provides the header files and static library necessary to develop software using dpkg, the same library used internally by dpkg. Note though, that the API is to be considered volatile, and might change at any time, use at your own risk.
We can use yum or dnf to install dpkg-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dpkg-devel.
Install dpkg-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 dpkg-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dpkg-devel
Install dpkg-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 dpkg-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dpkg-devel
How To Uninstall dpkg-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the dpkg-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dpkg-devel
dpkg-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/dpkg/ar.h
/usr/include/dpkg/arch.h
/usr/include/dpkg/atomic-file.h
/usr/include/dpkg/buffer.h
/usr/include/dpkg/c-ctype.h
/usr/include/dpkg/color.h
/usr/include/dpkg/command.h
/usr/include/dpkg/compress.h
/usr/include/dpkg/deb-version.h
/usr/include/dpkg/debug.h
/usr/include/dpkg/dir.h
/usr/include/dpkg/dpkg-db.h
/usr/include/dpkg/dpkg.h
/usr/include/dpkg/ehandle.h
/usr/include/dpkg/error.h
/usr/include/dpkg/fdio.h
/usr/include/dpkg/file.h
/usr/include/dpkg/glob.h
/usr/include/dpkg/macros.h
/usr/include/dpkg/namevalue.h
/usr/include/dpkg/options.h
/usr/include/dpkg/parsedump.h
/usr/include/dpkg/path.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-array.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-format.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-list.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-queue.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-show.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-spec.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg.h
/usr/include/dpkg/progname.h
/usr/include/dpkg/program.h
/usr/include/dpkg/progress.h
/usr/include/dpkg/report.h
/usr/include/dpkg/string.h
/usr/include/dpkg/subproc.h
/usr/include/dpkg/tarfn.h
/usr/include/dpkg/treewalk.h
/usr/include/dpkg/trigdeferred.h
/usr/include/dpkg/triglib.h
/usr/include/dpkg/varbuf.h
/usr/include/dpkg/version.h
/usr/lib64/libdpkg.a
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libdpkg.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpkg-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.