How To Install pkgconf-pkg-config on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkgconf-pkg-config on CentOS 8.
What is pkgconf-pkg-config
This package provides the shim links for pkgconf to be automatically used in place of pkgconfig. This ensures that pkgconf is used as the system provider of pkg-config. This package provides the shim links for pkgconf to be automatically used in place of pkgconfig. This ensures that pkgconf is used as the system provider of pkg-config.
We can use yum or dnf to install pkgconf-pkg-config on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pkgconf-pkg-config.
Install pkgconf-pkg-config on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pkgconf-pkg-config using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pkgconf-pkg-config
Install pkgconf-pkg-config on CentOS 8 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 pkgconf-pkg-config using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pkgconf-pkg-config
How To Uninstall pkgconf-pkg-config on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pkgconf-pkg-config package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pkgconf-pkg-config
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkgconf-pkg-config on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.