How To Install pps-tools-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pps-tools-devel on Rocky Linux 8. pps-tools-devel is LinuxPPS PPSAPI header file

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pps-tools-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pps-tools-devel

This package includes the header needed to compile PPSAPI (RFC-2783) applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install pps-tools-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pps-tools-devel.

Install pps-tools-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pps-tools-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pps-tools-devel

Install pps-tools-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pps-tools-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pps-tools-devel

How To Uninstall pps-tools-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pps-tools-devel

pps-tools-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/sys/timepps.h
/usr/share/licenses/pps-tools-devel
/usr/share/licenses/pps-tools-devel/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pps-tools-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.