How To Install libsodium-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsodium-devel on CentOS 7.
What is libsodium-devel
This package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libsodium libraries.
We can use yum or dnf to install libsodium-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libsodium-devel.
Install libsodium-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 libsodium-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libsodium-devel
Install libsodium-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 libsodium-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libsodium-devel
How To Uninstall libsodium-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libsodium-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libsodium-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsodium-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
