How To Install libabigail-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libabigail-devel on CentOS 7. libabigail-devel is Shared library and header files to write ABI analysis tools

Introduction

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

What is libabigail-devel

This package contains a shared library and the associated header files that are necessary to develop applications that use the C++ Libabigail library. The library provides facilities to analyze and compare application binary interfaces of shared libraries in the ELF format.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libabigail-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libabigail-devel

How To Uninstall libabigail-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libabigail-devel

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Summary

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