How To Install iptables-devel on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is iptables-devel

iptables development headers and libraries. The iptc interface is upstream marked as not public. The interface is not stable and may change with every new version. It is therefore unsupported. iptables development headers and libraries. The iptc interface is upstream marked as not public. The interface is not stable and may change with every new version. It is therefore unsupported.

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

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

sudo yum -y install iptables-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install iptables-devel

How To Uninstall iptables-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove iptables-devel

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Summary

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