How To Install file-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install file-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is file-devel
The file-devel package contains the header files and libmagic library necessary for developing programs using libmagic.
We can use yum or dnf to install file-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install file-devel.
Install file-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 file-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install file-devel
Install file-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 file-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install file-devel
How To Uninstall file-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the file-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove file-devel
file-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/magic.h
/usr/lib/libmagic.so
/usr/share/man/man3/libmagic.3.gz
/usr/include/magic.h
/usr/lib64/libmagic.so
/usr/share/man/man3/libmagic.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install file-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.