How To Install libmount-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmount-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libmount-devel is Device mounting library

Introduction

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

What is libmount-devel

This is the device mounting development library and headers, part of util-linux.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libmount-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libmount-devel

How To Uninstall libmount-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmount-devel

libmount-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/libmount
/usr/include/libmount/libmount.h
/usr/lib/libmount.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/mount.pc
/usr/include/libmount
/usr/include/libmount/libmount.h
/usr/lib64/libmount.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/mount.pc

References

Summary

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