How To Install yajl-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install yajl-devel on CentOS 7. yajl-devel is Libraries, includes, etc to develop with YAJL

Introduction

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

What is yajl-devel

Yet Another JSON Library. YAJL is a small event-driven (SAX-style) JSON parser written in ANSI C, and a small validating JSON generator. This sub-package provides the libraries and includes necessary for developing against the YAJL library Yet Another JSON Library. YAJL is a small event-driven (SAX-style) JSON parser written in ANSI C, and a small validating JSON generator. This sub-package provides the libraries and includes necessary for developing against the YAJL library

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

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

sudo yum -y install yajl-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install yajl-devel

How To Uninstall yajl-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove yajl-devel

References

Summary

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