How To Install libshout-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libshout-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libshout-devel is static libraries and header files for libshout development.

Introduction

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

What is libshout-devel

The libshout-devel package contains the header files needed for developing applications that send data to an icecast server. Install libshout-devel if you want to develop applications using libshout.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libshout-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libshout-devel

How To Uninstall libshout-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libshout-devel

libshout-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/shout
/usr/include/shout/shout.h
/usr/lib/libshout.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/shout.pc
/usr/share/aclocal/shout.m4
/usr/share/doc/libshout-devel
/usr/share/doc/libshout-devel/example.c
/usr/share/doc/libshout-devel/libshout.xml
/usr/share/doc/libshout-devel/nonblocking.c
/usr/share/doc/libshout-devel/spec-html.xsl
/usr/include/shout
/usr/include/shout/shout.h
/usr/lib64/libshout.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/shout.pc
/usr/share/aclocal/shout.m4
/usr/share/doc/libshout-devel
/usr/share/doc/libshout-devel/example.c
/usr/share/doc/libshout-devel/libshout.xml
/usr/share/doc/libshout-devel/nonblocking.c
/usr/share/doc/libshout-devel/spec-html.xsl

References

Summary

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