How To Install libgnome-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-devel on CentOS 7. libgnome-devel is Libraries and headers for libgnome

Introduction

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

What is libgnome-devel

You should install the libgnome-devel package if you would like to compile GNOME applications. You do not need to install libgnome-devel if you just want to use the GNOME desktop environment. You should install the libgnome-devel package if you would like to compile GNOME applications. You do not need to install libgnome-devel if you just want to use the GNOME desktop environment.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libgnome-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libgnome-devel

How To Uninstall libgnome-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libgnome-devel

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Summary

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