How To Install libgs-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs-devel on CentOS 7. libgs-devel is Development files for Ghostscript’s library

Introduction

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

What is libgs-devel

This package contains development files that are useful for building packages against Ghostscript’s library, which provides Ghostscript’s core functionality. This package contains development files that are useful for building packages against Ghostscript’s library, which provides Ghostscript’s core functionality.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libgs-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libgs-devel

How To Uninstall libgs-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libgs-devel

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Summary

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