How To Install lxc-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lxc-devel.
Install lxc-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 lxc-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lxc-devel
Install lxc-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 lxc-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lxc-devel
How To Uninstall lxc-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the lxc-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lxc-devel
lxc-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/lxc
/usr/include/lxc/attach_options.h
/usr/include/lxc/lxccontainer.h
/usr/include/lxc/version.h
/usr/lib64/liblxc.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/lxc.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.