How To Install libassuan-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libassuan-devel on CentOS 7. libassuan-devel is GnuPG IPC library

Introduction

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

What is libassuan-devel

This is the IPC static library used by GnuPG 2, GPGME and a few other packages. This package contains files needed to develop applications using libassuan. This is the IPC static library used by GnuPG 2, GPGME and a few other packages. This package contains files needed to develop applications using libassuan.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libassuan-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libassuan-devel

How To Uninstall libassuan-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libassuan-devel

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Summary

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