How To Install pstreams-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pstreams-devel on CentOS 7. pstreams-devel is POSIX Process Control in C++

Introduction

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

What is pstreams-devel

PStreams class is like a C++ wrapper for the POSIX.2 functions popen(3) and pclose(3), using C++ iostreams instead of C’s stdio library.

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

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

sudo yum -y install pstreams-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install pstreams-devel

How To Uninstall pstreams-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pstreams-devel

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Summary

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