How To Install pixman-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pixman-devel on CentOS 7. pixman-devel is Pixel manipulation library development package

Introduction

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

What is pixman-devel

Development library for pixman. Development library for pixman.

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

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

sudo yum -y install pixman-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install pixman-devel

How To Uninstall pixman-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pixman-devel

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Summary

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