How To Install libmad-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmad-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libmad-devel is MPEG audio decoder library development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmad-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libmad-devel

MPEG audio decoder library development files.

We can use yum or dnf to install libmad-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libmad-devel.

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

sudo dnf -y install libmad-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libmad-devel

How To Uninstall libmad-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmad-devel

libmad-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/mad.h
/usr/lib/libmad.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/mad.pc
/usr/include/mad.h
/usr/lib64/libmad.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/mad.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmad-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.