How To Install libSM-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libSM-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libSM-devel is X.Org X11 SM development package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libSM-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libSM-devel

The X.Org X11 SM (Session Management) development package.

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

Install libSM-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libSM-devel

Install libSM-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install libSM-devel

How To Uninstall libSM-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libSM-devel

libSM-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/X11/SM
/usr/include/X11/SM/SM.h
/usr/include/X11/SM/SMlib.h
/usr/include/X11/SM/SMproto.h
/usr/lib/libSM.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/sm.pc
/usr/include/X11/SM
/usr/include/X11/SM/SM.h
/usr/include/X11/SM/SMlib.h
/usr/include/X11/SM/SMproto.h
/usr/lib64/libSM.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/sm.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libSM-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.