How To Install kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel on CentOS 7. kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel is Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel on CentOS 7.

What is kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel

This package contains the development files for the tools/ directory from the kernel source.

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

Install kernel-plus-tools-libs-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 kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel

Install kernel-plus-tools-libs-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 kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel

How To Uninstall kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-plus-tools-libs-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.