How To Install libseccomp-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libseccomp-devel on CentOS 7.
What is libseccomp-devel
The libseccomp library provides an easy to use interface to the Linux Kernel’s syscall filtering mechanism, seccomp. The libseccomp API allows an application to specify which syscalls, and optionally which syscall arguments, the application is allowed to execute, all of which are enforced by the Linux Kernel. The libseccomp library provides an easy to use interface to the Linux Kernel’s syscall filtering mechanism, seccomp. The libseccomp API allows an application to specify which syscalls, and optionally which syscall arguments, the application is allowed to execute, all of which are enforced by the Linux Kernel.
We can use yum or dnf to install libseccomp-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libseccomp-devel.
Install libseccomp-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 libseccomp-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libseccomp-devel
Install libseccomp-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 libseccomp-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libseccomp-devel
How To Uninstall libseccomp-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libseccomp-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libseccomp-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libseccomp-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.