How To Install metacity-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity-devel on CentOS 7.
What is metacity-devel
This package contains the files needed for compiling programs using the metacity-private library. Note that you are not supposed to write programs using the metacity-private library, since it is a private API. This package exists purely for technical reasons. This package contains the files needed for compiling programs using the metacity-private library. Note that you are not supposed to write programs using the metacity-private library, since it is a private API. This package exists purely for technical reasons.
We can use yum or dnf to install metacity-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install metacity-devel.
Install metacity-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 metacity-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install metacity-devel
Install metacity-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 metacity-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install metacity-devel
How To Uninstall metacity-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the metacity-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove metacity-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
