How To Install dpm-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm-devel on CentOS 7. dpm-devel is DPM development libraries and header files

Introduction

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

What is dpm-devel

The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as HTTP, gridftp and xroot. This package contains the development libraries and header files for DPM.

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

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

sudo yum -y install dpm-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install dpm-devel

How To Uninstall dpm-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove dpm-devel

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Summary

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