How To Install flac-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install flac-devel on CentOS 7. flac-devel is Development libraries and header files from FLAC

Introduction

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

What is flac-devel

This package contains all the files needed to develop applications that will use the Free Lossless Audio Codec. This package contains all the files needed to develop applications that will use the Free Lossless Audio Codec.

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

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

sudo yum -y install flac-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install flac-devel

How To Uninstall flac-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove flac-devel

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Summary

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