How To Install libyui-ncurses-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyui-ncurses-devel on CentOS 7. libyui-ncurses-devel is Files needed for developing with libyui-ncurses

Introduction

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

What is libyui-ncurses-devel

libyui can be used independently of YaST for generic (C++) applications and has very few dependencies. You do NOT need this package for developing with libyui. Using libyui-devel is sufficient for such purpose. This package is only needed when you want to develop an extension for libyui-ncurses which is not covered within the UI-plugin.

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

Install libyui-ncurses-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 libyui-ncurses-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libyui-ncurses-devel

Install libyui-ncurses-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 libyui-ncurses-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libyui-ncurses-devel

How To Uninstall libyui-ncurses-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libyui-ncurses-devel

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Summary

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