How To Install lxc-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-devel on CentOS 7.
What is lxc-devel
Linux Resource Containers provide process and resource isolation without the overhead of full virtualization. The lxc-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use lxc.
We can use yum or dnf to install lxc-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lxc-devel.
Install lxc-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 lxc-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lxc-devel
Install lxc-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 lxc-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lxc-devel
How To Uninstall lxc-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the lxc-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lxc-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
