How To Install xfconf-devel on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is `xfconf-devel`

This package includes the libraries and header files you will need to compile applications for xfconf.

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

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

sudo yum -y install xfconf-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install xfconf-devel

How To Uninstall xfconf-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove xfconf-devel

References

xfconf-devel website

Summary

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