How To Install libarchive-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarchive-devel on CentOS 7. libarchive-devel is Development files for libarchive

Introduction

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

What is libarchive-devel

The libarchive-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libarchive. The libarchive-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libarchive.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libarchive-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libarchive-devel

How To Uninstall libarchive-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libarchive-devel

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Summary

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