How To Install libsmi-devel on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is libsmi-devel

Libsmi is a C library to access MIB module information through a well defined API that hides the nasty details of locating and parsing SMIv1/v2 MIB modules. This package contains development files needed to develop libsmi-based applications. Libsmi is a C library to access MIB module information through a well defined API that hides the nasty details of locating and parsing SMIv1/v2 MIB modules. This package contains development files needed to develop libsmi-based applications.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libsmi-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libsmi-devel

How To Uninstall libsmi-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libsmi-devel

References

• libsmi-devel website

Summary

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