How To Install snappy-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snappy-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is snappy-devel
The snappy-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use snappy.
We can use yum or dnf to install snappy-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install snappy-devel.
Install snappy-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 snappy-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install snappy-devel
Install snappy-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 snappy-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install snappy-devel
How To Uninstall snappy-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the snappy-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove snappy-devel
snappy-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/snappy-c.h
/usr/include/snappy-sinksource.h
/usr/include/snappy-stubs-public.h
/usr/include/snappy.h
/usr/lib/libsnappy.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/snappy.pc
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/lib/SnappyConfig.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/lib/SnappyConfigVersion.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/lib/SnappyTargets-noconfig.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/lib/SnappyTargets.cmake
/usr/share/doc/snappy-devel
/usr/share/doc/snappy-devel/format_description.txt
/usr/share/doc/snappy-devel/framing_format.txt
/usr/include/snappy-c.h
/usr/include/snappy-sinksource.h
/usr/include/snappy-stubs-public.h
/usr/include/snappy.h
/usr/lib64/libsnappy.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/snappy.pc
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/lib64/SnappyConfig.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/lib64/SnappyConfigVersion.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/lib64/SnappyTargets-noconfig.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/lib64/SnappyTargets.cmake
/usr/share/doc/snappy-devel
/usr/share/doc/snappy-devel/format_description.txt
/usr/share/doc/snappy-devel/framing_format.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snappy-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.