How To Install libblkid-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblkid-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libblkid-devel
This is the block device identification development library and headers, part of util-linux.
We can use yum or dnf to install libblkid-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libblkid-devel.
Install libblkid-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 libblkid-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libblkid-devel
Install libblkid-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 libblkid-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libblkid-devel
How To Uninstall libblkid-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libblkid-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libblkid-devel
libblkid-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/blkid
/usr/include/blkid/blkid.h
/usr/lib/libblkid.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/blkid.pc
/usr/share/doc/libblkid-devel
/usr/share/doc/libblkid-devel/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man3/libblkid.3.gz
/usr/include/blkid
/usr/include/blkid/blkid.h
/usr/lib64/libblkid.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/blkid.pc
/usr/share/doc/libblkid-devel
/usr/share/doc/libblkid-devel/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man3/libblkid.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblkid-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.