How To Install gnu-efi-devel on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-efi-devel on CentOS 8. gnu-efi-devel is Development Libraries and headers for EFI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-efi-devel on CentOS 8.

What is gnu-efi-devel

This package contains development headers and libraries for developing applications that run under EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface). This package contains development headers and libraries for developing applications that run under EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface).

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

Install gnu-efi-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gnu-efi-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnu-efi-devel

Install gnu-efi-devel on CentOS 8 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 gnu-efi-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnu-efi-devel

How To Uninstall gnu-efi-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gnu-efi-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-efi-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.