How To Install giflib-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib-devel on CentOS 8.
What is giflib-devel
The giflib-devel package includes header files, libraries necessary for developing programs which use the giflib library. The giflib-devel package includes header files, libraries necessary for developing programs which use the giflib library.
We can use yum or dnf to install giflib-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install giflib-devel.
Install giflib-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 giflib-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install giflib-devel
Install giflib-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 giflib-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install giflib-devel
How To Uninstall giflib-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the giflib-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove giflib-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.