How To Install lz4-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lz4-devel on CentOS 7. lz4-devel is Development files for lz4

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lz4-devel on CentOS 7.

What is lz4-devel

This package contains the header(.h) and library(.so) files required to build applications using liblz4 library. This package contains the header(.h) and library(.so) files required to build applications using liblz4 library.

We can use yum or dnf to install lz4-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lz4-devel.

Install lz4-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 lz4-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lz4-devel

Install lz4-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 lz4-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lz4-devel

How To Uninstall lz4-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the lz4-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lz4-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lz4-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.