How To Install glew-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install glew-devel on Rocky Linux 8. glew-devel is Development files for glew

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glew-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is glew-devel

Development files for glew

We can use yum or dnf to install glew-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glew-devel.

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

sudo dnf -y install glew-devel

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

sudo yum -y install glew-devel

How To Uninstall glew-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove glew-devel

glew-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/GL/glew.h
/usr/include/GL/glxew.h
/usr/include/GL/wglew.h
/usr/lib/libGLEW.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/glew.pc
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/advanced.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/basic.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/build.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/credits.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/github.png
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/glew.css
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/glew.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/glew.png
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/glew.txt
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/glxew.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/gpl.txt
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/index.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/install.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/khronos.txt
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/log.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/mesa.txt
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/new.png
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/ogl_sm.jpg
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/travis.png
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/wglew.html
/usr/include/GL/glew.h
/usr/include/GL/glxew.h
/usr/include/GL/wglew.h
/usr/lib64/libGLEW.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/glew.pc
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/advanced.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/basic.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/build.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/credits.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/github.png
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/glew.css
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/glew.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/glew.png
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/glew.txt
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/glxew.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/gpl.txt
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/index.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/install.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/khronos.txt
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/log.html
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/mesa.txt
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/new.png
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/ogl_sm.jpg
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/travis.png
/usr/share/doc/glew-devel/wglew.html

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glew-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.