How To Install glibc-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-devel on Rocky Linux 8. glibc-devel is Object files for development using standard C libraries.

Introduction

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

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.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install glibc-devel

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

sudo yum -y install glibc-devel

How To Uninstall glibc-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove glibc-devel

glibc-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/gnu/lib-names-32.h
/usr/include/gnu/stubs-32.h
/usr/lib/Mcrt1.o
/usr/lib/Scrt1.o
/usr/lib/crt1.o
/usr/lib/crti.o
/usr/lib/crtn.o
/usr/lib/gcrt1.o
/usr/lib/grcrt1.o
/usr/lib/libBrokenLocale.so
/usr/lib/libanl.so
/usr/lib/libc.so
/usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a
/usr/lib/libdl.so
/usr/lib/libg.a
/usr/lib/libm.so
/usr/lib/libmcheck.a
/usr/lib/libpthread.so
/usr/lib/libpthread_nonshared.a
/usr/lib/libresolv.so
/usr/lib/librt.so
/usr/lib/libthread_db.so
/usr/lib/libutil.so
/usr/lib/rcrt1.o
/usr/share/info/libc.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-10.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-11.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-12.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-13.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-14.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-15.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-16.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-17.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-3.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-4.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-5.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-6.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-7.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-8.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-9.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info.gz
/usr/include/gnu/lib-names-64.h
/usr/include/gnu/stubs-64.h
/usr/lib64/Mcrt1.o
/usr/lib64/Scrt1.o
/usr/lib64/crt1.o
/usr/lib64/crti.o
/usr/lib64/crtn.o
/usr/lib64/gcrt1.o
/usr/lib64/grcrt1.o
/usr/lib64/libBrokenLocale.so
/usr/lib64/libanl.so
/usr/lib64/libc.so
/usr/lib64/libc_nonshared.a
/usr/lib64/libdl.so
/usr/lib64/libg.a
/usr/lib64/libm.so
/usr/lib64/libmcheck.a
/usr/lib64/libmvec.so
/usr/lib64/libmvec_nonshared.a
/usr/lib64/libpthread.so
/usr/lib64/libpthread_nonshared.a
/usr/lib64/libresolv.so
/usr/lib64/librt.so
/usr/lib64/libthread_db.so
/usr/lib64/libutil.so
/usr/lib64/rcrt1.o
/usr/share/info/libc.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-10.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-11.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-12.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-13.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-14.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-15.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-16.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-17.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-3.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-4.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-5.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-6.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-7.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-8.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info-9.gz
/usr/share/info/libc.info.gz

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Summary

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