How To Install libpurple-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-devel on CentOS 7.
What is libpurple-devel
The libpurple-devel package contains the header files, developer documentation, and libraries required for development of libpurple based instant messaging clients or plugins for any libpurple based client. The libpurple-devel package contains the header files, developer documentation, and libraries required for development of libpurple based instant messaging clients or plugins for any libpurple based client.
We can use yum or dnf to install libpurple-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpurple-devel.
Install libpurple-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 libpurple-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libpurple-devel
Install libpurple-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 libpurple-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libpurple-devel
How To Uninstall libpurple-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libpurple-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libpurple-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.