How To Install qhull-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install qhull-devel on CentOS 7. qhull-devel is Development files for qhull

Introduction

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

What is qhull-devel

Qhull is a general dimension convex hull program that reads a set of points from stdin, and outputs the smallest convex set that contains the points to stdout. It also generates Delaunay triangulations, Voronoi diagrams, furthest-site Voronoi diagrams, and halfspace intersections about a point.

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

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

sudo yum -y install qhull-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install qhull-devel

How To Uninstall qhull-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove qhull-devel

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Summary

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