How To Install openscap-devel on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is openscap-devel

The openscap-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use openscap. The openscap-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use openscap.

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

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

sudo yum -y install openscap-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install openscap-devel

How To Uninstall openscap-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove openscap-devel

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Summary

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