How To Install glpk-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install glpk-devel on Rocky Linux 8. glpk-devel is Development headers and files for GLPK

Introduction

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

What is glpk-devel

The glpk-devel package contains libraries and headers for developing applications which use GLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit).

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

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

sudo dnf -y install glpk-devel

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

sudo yum -y install glpk-devel

How To Uninstall glpk-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove glpk-devel

glpk-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/glpk.h
/usr/lib64/libglpk.so
/usr/share/doc/glpk-devel
/usr/share/doc/glpk-devel/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/glpk-devel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/glpk-devel/NEWS

References

Summary

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