How To Install kernel-plus-devel on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-plus-devel on CentOS 8. kernel-plus-devel is Development package for building kernel modules to match the kernel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-plus-devel on CentOS 8.

What is kernel-plus-devel

This package provides kernel headers and makefiles sufficient to build modules against the kernel package.

We can use yum or dnf to install kernel-plus-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kernel-plus-devel.

Install kernel-plus-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install kernel-plus-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kernel-plus-devel

Install kernel-plus-devel on CentOS 8 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 kernel-plus-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kernel-plus-devel

How To Uninstall kernel-plus-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove kernel-plus-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-plus-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.