How To Install remctl-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install remctl-devel on CentOS 7. remctl-devel is Development files needed to compile C programs against remctl

Introduction

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

What is remctl-devel

remctl implements a client/server protocol for running single commands on a remote host using Kerberos v5 authentication. If you want to develop programs which use remctl’s libraries, you need to install this package.

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

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

sudo yum -y install remctl-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install remctl-devel

How To Uninstall remctl-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove remctl-devel

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Summary

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