How To Install ncurses-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-devel on CentOS 7.
What is ncurses-devel
The header files and libraries for developing applications that use the ncurses terminal handling library. Install the ncurses-devel package if you want to develop applications which will use ncurses. The header files and libraries for developing applications that use the ncurses terminal handling library. Install the ncurses-devel package if you want to develop applications which will use ncurses.
We can use yum or dnf to install ncurses-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncurses-devel.
Install ncurses-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 ncurses-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ncurses-devel
Install ncurses-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 ncurses-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ncurses-devel
How To Uninstall ncurses-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ncurses-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ncurses-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.