How To Install glibc-headers on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-headers on CentOS 7.
What is glibc-headers
The glibc-headers package contains the header 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 header files available in order to create the executables. Install glibc-headers if you are going to develop programs which will use the standard C libraries.
We can use yum or dnf to install glibc-headers on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glibc-headers.
Install glibc-headers on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install glibc-headers using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install glibc-headers
Install glibc-headers 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 glibc-headers using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install glibc-headers
How To Uninstall glibc-headers on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the glibc-headers package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove glibc-headers
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-headers on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
