How To Install libIDL-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libIDL-devel on CentOS 7. libIDL-devel is Development libraries and header files for libIDL

Introduction

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

What is libIDL-devel

libIDL is a library for parsing IDL (Interface Definition Language). It can be used for both COM-style and CORBA-style IDL. This package contains the header files and libraries needed to write or compile programs that use libIDL. libIDL is a library for parsing IDL (Interface Definition Language). It can be used for both COM-style and CORBA-style IDL. This package contains the header files and libraries needed to write or compile programs that use libIDL.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libIDL-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libIDL-devel

How To Uninstall libIDL-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libIDL-devel

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Summary

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