How To Install libss-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libss-devel on CentOS 7. libss-devel is Command line interface parsing library

Introduction

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

What is libss-devel

This is the command line interface parsing (libss) development library and headers, part of e2fsprogs. It contains the mk_cmds command, which parses a command table to generate a simple command-line interface parser. It was originally inspired by the Multics SubSystem library. This is the command line interface parsing (libss) development library and headers, part of e2fsprogs. It contains the mk_cmds command, which parses a command table to generate a simple command-line interface parser. It was originally inspired by the Multics SubSystem library.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libss-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libss-devel

How To Uninstall libss-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libss-devel

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Summary

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