How To Install mutter-devel on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is mutter-devel

Header files and libraries for developing Mutter plugins. Also includes utilities for testing Metacity/Mutter themes. Header files and libraries for developing Mutter plugins. Also includes utilities for testing Metacity/Mutter themes.

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

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

sudo yum -y install mutter-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install mutter-devel

How To Uninstall mutter-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove mutter-devel

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Summary

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