How To Install lua-socket-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-socket-devel on CentOS 7. lua-socket-devel is Development files for lua-socket

Introduction

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

What is lua-socket-devel

Header files and libraries for building an extension library for the Lua using lua-socket

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

Install lua-socket-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 lua-socket-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lua-socket-devel

Install lua-socket-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 lua-socket-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lua-socket-devel

How To Uninstall lua-socket-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove lua-socket-devel

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Summary

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