How To Install glibc-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-devel on CentOS 7.
What is glibc-devel
The glibc-devel package contains the object files necessary for developing programs which use the standard C libraries (which are used by nearly all programs). If you are developing programs which will use the standard C libraries, your system needs to have these standard object files available in order to create the executables. Install glibc-devel if you are going to develop programs which will use the standard C libraries. The glibc-devel package contains the object files necessary for developing programs which use the standard C libraries (which are used by nearly all programs). If you are developing programs which will use the standard C libraries, your system needs to have these standard object files available in order to create the executables. Install glibc-devel if you are going to develop programs which will use the standard C libraries.
We can use yum or dnf to install glibc-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glibc-devel.
Install glibc-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install glibc-devel using yum by running the following command:
Install glibc-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.
After updating yum database, We can install glibc-devel using dnf by running the following command:
How To Uninstall glibc-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the glibc-devel package we can use the following command:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.