How To Install proftpd-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install proftpd-devel on CentOS 7. proftpd-devel is ProFTPD - Tools and header files for developers

Introduction

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

What is proftpd-devel

This package is required to build additional modules for ProFTPD.

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

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

sudo yum -y install proftpd-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install proftpd-devel

How To Uninstall proftpd-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove proftpd-devel

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Summary

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