How To Install gperftools-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gperftools-devel on CentOS 7. gperftools-devel is Development libraries and headers for gperftools

Introduction

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

What is gperftools-devel

Libraries and headers for developing applications that use gperftools. Libraries and headers for developing applications that use gperftools.

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

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

sudo yum -y install gperftools-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install gperftools-devel

How To Uninstall gperftools-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gperftools-devel

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Summary

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