How To Install glfw-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install glfw-devel on CentOS 7. glfw-devel is Support for developing C application

Introduction

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

What is glfw-devel

The glfw-devel package contains header files for developing glfw applications.

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

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

sudo yum -y install glfw-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install glfw-devel

How To Uninstall glfw-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove glfw-devel

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Summary

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