How To Install octave-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-devel on CentOS 7. octave-devel is Development headers and files for Octave

Introduction

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

What is octave-devel

The octave-devel package contains files needed for developing applications which use GNU Octave.

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

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

sudo yum -y install octave-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install octave-devel

How To Uninstall octave-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove octave-devel

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Summary

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