How To Install libpwquality-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpwquality-devel on CentOS 7. libpwquality-devel is Support for development of applications using the libpwquality

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpwquality-devel on CentOS 7.

What is libpwquality-devel

Files needed for development of applications using the libpwquality library. See the pwquality.h header file for the API. Files needed for development of applications using the libpwquality library. See the pwquality.h header file for the API.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libpwquality-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libpwquality-devel

How To Uninstall libpwquality-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libpwquality-devel

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Summary

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