How To Install libmodsecurity-static on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodsecurity-static on CentOS 7. libmodsecurity-static is Development files for libmodsecurity

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodsecurity-static on CentOS 7.

What is libmodsecurity-static

The libmodsecurity-static package contains static libraries for developing applications that use libmodsecurity.

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

Install libmodsecurity-static on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libmodsecurity-static using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmodsecurity-static

Install libmodsecurity-static 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 libmodsecurity-static using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmodsecurity-static

How To Uninstall libmodsecurity-static on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libmodsecurity-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libmodsecurity-static

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Summary

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