How To Install fprintd-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install fprintd-devel on CentOS 7. fprintd-devel is Development files for fprintd

Introduction

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

What is fprintd-devel

Development documentation for fprintd, the D-Bus service for fingerprint readers access.

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

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

sudo yum -y install fprintd-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install fprintd-devel

How To Uninstall fprintd-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove fprintd-devel

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Summary

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