How To Install libcap-ng-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-devel on CentOS 7.
What is libcap-ng-devel
The libcap-ng-devel package contains the files needed for developing applications that need to use the libcap-ng library. The libcap-ng-devel package contains the files needed for developing applications that need to use the libcap-ng library.
We can use yum or dnf to install libcap-ng-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcap-ng-devel.
Install libcap-ng-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 libcap-ng-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libcap-ng-devel
Install libcap-ng-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 libcap-ng-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libcap-ng-devel
How To Uninstall libcap-ng-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libcap-ng-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libcap-ng-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcap-ng-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
