How To Install libguestfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libguestfs-devel
libguestfs-devel contains development tools and libraries for libguestfs.
We can use yum or dnf to install libguestfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libguestfs-devel.
Install libguestfs-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 libguestfs-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libguestfs-devel
Install libguestfs-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 libguestfs-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libguestfs-devel
How To Uninstall libguestfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libguestfs-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libguestfs-devel
libguestfs-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/guestfs.h
/usr/lib64/libguestfs.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libguestfs.pc
/usr/sbin/libguestfs-make-fixed-appliance
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/ChangeLog.gz
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/README
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/TODO
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/copy-over.c
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/create-disk.c
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/debug-logging.c
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/display-icon.c
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/example-debian.xml.gz
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/example-fedora.xml.gz
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/example-rhel-6.xml.gz
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/example-ubuntu.xml.gz
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/example-windows.xml.gz
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/inspect-vm.c
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/libvirt-auth.c
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/mount-local.c
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/virt-dhcp-address.c
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-devel/virt-inspector.rng
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-building.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-hacking.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-internals.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-testing.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libguestfs-make-fixed-appliance.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/guestfs-examples.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/guestfs.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libguestfs.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.