How To Install gnutls-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-devel on CentOS 7. gnutls-devel is Development files for the gnutls package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-devel on CentOS 7.

What is gnutls-devel

GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS and DTLS protocols and technologies around them. It provides a simple C language application programming interface (API) to access the secure communications protocols as well as APIs to parse and write X.509, PKCS #12, OpenPGP and other required structures. This package contains files needed for developing applications with the GnuTLS library. GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS and DTLS protocols and technologies around them. It provides a simple C language application programming interface (API) to access the secure communications protocols as well as APIs to parse and write X.509, PKCS #12, OpenPGP and other required structures. This package contains files needed for developing applications with the GnuTLS library.

We can use yum or dnf to install gnutls-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnutls-devel.

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

sudo yum -y install gnutls-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install gnutls-devel

How To Uninstall gnutls-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gnutls-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.