How To Install libpurple-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-devel on CentOS 7. libpurple-devel is Development headers, documentation, and libraries for libpurple

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

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Summary

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