How To Install xfsprogs-devel on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is xfsprogs-devel

xfsprogs-devel contains the header files needed to develop XFS filesystem-specific programs. You should install xfsprogs-devel if you want to develop XFS filesystem-specific programs, If you install xfsprogs-devel, you’ll also want to install xfsprogs. xfsprogs-devel contains the header files needed to develop XFS filesystem-specific programs. You should install xfsprogs-devel if you want to develop XFS filesystem-specific programs, If you install xfsprogs-devel, you’ll also want to install xfsprogs.

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

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

sudo yum -y install xfsprogs-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install xfsprogs-devel

How To Uninstall xfsprogs-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove xfsprogs-devel

References

• xfsprogs-devel website

Summary

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