How To Install libmandoc-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmandoc-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libmandoc-devel
The mandoc library parses a UNIX manual into an abstract syntax tree (AST). UNIX manuals are composed of mdoc(7) or man(7), and may be mixed with roff(7), tbl(7), and eqn(7) invocations.
We can use yum or dnf to install libmandoc-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libmandoc-devel.
Install libmandoc-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 libmandoc-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libmandoc-devel
Install libmandoc-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 libmandoc-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libmandoc-devel
How To Uninstall libmandoc-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libmandoc-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libmandoc-devel
libmandoc-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/eqn.h
/usr/include/man.h
/usr/include/mandoc.h
/usr/include/mandoc_aux.h
/usr/include/mandoc_parse.h
/usr/include/mdoc.h
/usr/include/roff.h
/usr/include/tbl.h
/usr/lib64/libmandoc.a
/usr/share/licenses/libmandoc-devel
/usr/share/licenses/libmandoc-devel/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/mandoc.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/mandoc_escape.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/mandoc_malloc.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/mansearch.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/mchars_alloc.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/tbl.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmandoc-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.