How To Install e2fsprogs-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-devel on CentOS 8.
What is e2fsprogs-devel
E2fsprogs-devel contains the libraries and header files needed to develop second, third and fourth extended (ext2/ext3/ext4) file system specific programs. You should install e2fsprogs-devel if you want to develop ext2/3/4 file system specific programs. If you install e2fsprogs-devel, you’ll also want to install e2fsprogs. E2fsprogs-devel contains the libraries and header files needed to develop second, third and fourth extended (ext2/ext3/ext4) file system specific programs. You should install e2fsprogs-devel if you want to develop ext2/3/4 file system specific programs. If you install e2fsprogs-devel, you’ll also want to install e2fsprogs.
We can use yum or dnf to install e2fsprogs-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install e2fsprogs-devel.
Install e2fsprogs-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install e2fsprogs-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install e2fsprogs-devel
Install e2fsprogs-devel on CentOS 8 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 e2fsprogs-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install e2fsprogs-devel
How To Uninstall e2fsprogs-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the e2fsprogs-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove e2fsprogs-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.