How To Install libwebsockets-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets-devel on CentOS 7. libwebsockets-devel is Headers for developing programs that will use libwebsockets

Introduction

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

What is libwebsockets-devel

This package contains the header files needed for developing libwebsockets applications.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libwebsockets-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install libwebsockets-devel

How To Uninstall libwebsockets-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libwebsockets-devel

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Summary

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