How To Install lirc-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-devel on CentOS 7.
What is lirc-devel
Part of the LIRC package suite which handles IR remotes. See the package lirc for more. This package includes files for developing applications that use lirc including headers and pkg-config files.
We can use yum or dnf to install lirc-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lirc-devel.
Install lirc-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 lirc-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lirc-devel
Install lirc-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 lirc-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lirc-devel
How To Uninstall lirc-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the lirc-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lirc-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
