How To Install svrcore-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install svrcore-devel on CentOS 7. svrcore-devel is Development files for secure PIN handling using NSS crypto

Introduction

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

What is svrcore-devel

svrcore provides applications with several ways to handle secure PIN storage e.g. in an application that must be restarted, but needs the PIN to unlock the private key and other crypto material, without user intervention. svrcore uses the facilities provided by NSS. This package contains header files and symlinks to develop programs which will use the libsvrcore library. You should install this package if you need to develop programs which will use the svrcore library. svrcore provides applications with several ways to handle secure PIN storage e.g. in an application that must be restarted, but needs the PIN to unlock the private key and other crypto material, without user intervention. svrcore uses the facilities provided by NSS. This package contains header files and symlinks to develop programs which will use the libsvrcore library. You should install this package if you need to develop programs which will use the svrcore library.

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

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

sudo yum -y install svrcore-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install svrcore-devel

How To Uninstall svrcore-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove svrcore-devel

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Summary

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