How To Install libidn-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libidn-devel on CentOS 7. libidn-devel is Development files for the libidn library

Introduction

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

What is libidn-devel

This package includes header files and libraries necessary for developing programs which use the GNU libidn library. This package includes header files and libraries necessary for developing programs which use the GNU libidn library.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libidn-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libidn-devel

How To Uninstall libidn-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libidn-devel

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Summary

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