How To Install postgresql-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-devel on CentOS 7.
What is postgresql-devel
The postgresql-devel package contains the header files and libraries needed to compile C or C++ applications which will directly interact with a PostgreSQL database management server. It also contains the ecpg Embedded C Postgres preprocessor. You need to install this package if you want to develop applications which will interact with a PostgreSQL server. The postgresql-devel package contains the header files and libraries needed to compile C or C++ applications which will directly interact with a PostgreSQL database management server. It also contains the ecpg Embedded C Postgres preprocessor. You need to install this package if you want to develop applications which will interact with a PostgreSQL server.
We can use yum or dnf to install postgresql-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install postgresql-devel.
Install postgresql-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 postgresql-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install postgresql-devel
Install postgresql-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 postgresql-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install postgresql-devel
How To Uninstall postgresql-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the postgresql-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove postgresql-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.