How To Install xulrunner-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install xulrunner-devel on CentOS 7. xulrunner-devel is Development files for Gecko

Introduction

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

What is xulrunner-devel

This package contains the libraries amd header files that are needed for writing XUL+XPCOM applications with Mozilla XULRunner and Gecko. AutoProv This package contains the libraries amd header files that are needed for writing XUL+XPCOM applications with Mozilla XULRunner and Gecko. AutoProv

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

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

sudo yum -y install xulrunner-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install xulrunner-devel

How To Uninstall xulrunner-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove xulrunner-devel

References

Summary

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