How To Install haveged-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install haveged-devel on CentOS 7. haveged-devel is Headers and shared development libraries for HAVEGE algorithm

Introduction

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

What is `haveged-devel`

Headers and shared object symbolic links for the HAVEGE algorithm

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

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

sudo yum -y install haveged-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install haveged-devel

How To Uninstall haveged-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove haveged-devel

References

haveged-devel website

Summary

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