How To Install gnulib-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnulib-devel on CentOS 7.
What is gnulib-devel
The GNU portability library is a macro system and C declarations and definitions for commonly-used API elements and abstracted system behaviors. It can be used to improve portability and other functionality in your programs. This package contains devel files of gnulib.
We can use yum or dnf to install gnulib-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnulib-devel.
Install gnulib-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gnulib-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gnulib-devel
Install gnulib-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.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gnulib-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gnulib-devel
How To Uninstall gnulib-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the gnulib-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gnulib-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnulib-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
