How To Install pkgconfig on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkgconfig
on CentOS 7.
What is pkgconfig
The pkgconfig tool determines compilation options. For each required library, it reads the configuration file and outputs the necessary compiler and linker flags.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install pkgconfig
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pkgconfig.
Install pkgconfig on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install pkgconfig
using yum
by running the following command:
Install pkgconfig 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.
After updating yum database, We can install pkgconfig
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall pkgconfig on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pkgconfig
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkgconfig
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.