How To Install openssl-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openssl-devel on CentOS 7.
What is openssl-devel
OpenSSL is a toolkit for supporting cryptography. The openssl-devel package contains include files needed to develop applications which support various cryptographic algorithms and protocols. OpenSSL is a toolkit for supporting cryptography. The openssl-devel package contains include files needed to develop applications which support various cryptographic algorithms and protocols.
We can use yum or dnf to install openssl-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openssl-devel.
Install openssl-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 openssl-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openssl-devel
Install openssl-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 openssl-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openssl-devel
How To Uninstall openssl-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the openssl-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openssl-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openssl-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.