How To Install libwhirlpool-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwhirlpool-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libwhirlpool-devel is Development files for libwhirlpool

Introduction

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

What is libwhirlpool-devel

This package contains the header files and libraries for developing with libwhirlpool.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libwhirlpool-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libwhirlpool-devel

How To Uninstall libwhirlpool-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libwhirlpool-devel

libwhirlpool-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/whirlpool.h
/usr/lib64/libwhirlpool.so

References

Summary

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