How To Install openslide-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openslide-devel on Rocky Linux 8. openslide-devel is Development files for openslide

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openslide-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is openslide-devel

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

We can use yum or dnf to install openslide-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openslide-devel.

Install openslide-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install openslide-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openslide-devel

Install openslide-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install openslide-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openslide-devel

How To Uninstall openslide-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove openslide-devel

openslide-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/openslide
/usr/include/openslide/openslide-features.h
/usr/include/openslide/openslide.h
/usr/lib64/libopenslide.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/openslide.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openslide-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.