How To Install libacl-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libacl-devel on CentOS 7. libacl-devel is Files needed for building programs with libacl

Introduction

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

What is libacl-devel

This package contains header files and documentation needed to develop programs which make use of the access control list programming interface defined in POSIX 1003.1e draft standard 17. This package contains header files and documentation needed to develop programs which make use of the access control list programming interface defined in POSIX 1003.1e draft standard 17.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libacl-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libacl-devel

How To Uninstall libacl-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libacl-devel

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Summary

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