How To Install libspatialite-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialite-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libspatialite-devel is Development libraries and headers for SpatiaLite

Introduction

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

What is libspatialite-devel

The libspatialite-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libspatialite.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libspatialite-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libspatialite-devel

How To Uninstall libspatialite-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libspatialite-devel

libspatialite-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/spatialite
/usr/include/spatialite.h
/usr/include/spatialite/control_points.h
/usr/include/spatialite/debug.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gaia_network.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gaia_topology.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gaiaaux.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gaiaexif.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gaiageo.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gaiamatrix.h
/usr/include/spatialite/geojson.h
/usr/include/spatialite/geopackage.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gg_advanced.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gg_const.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gg_core.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gg_dxf.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gg_dynamic.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gg_formats.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gg_mbr.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gg_sequence.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gg_structs.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gg_wfs.h
/usr/include/spatialite/gg_xml.h
/usr/include/spatialite/spatialite.h
/usr/include/spatialite/sqlite.h
/usr/include/spatialite/stored_procedures.h
/usr/lib64/libspatialite.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/spatialite.pc
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite-devel
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite-devel/demo1.c
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite-devel/demo2.c
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite-devel/demo3.c
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite-devel/demo4.c
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite-devel/demo5.c

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Summary

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