Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-devel on CentOS 8.
What is avahi-devel
The avahi-devel package contains the header files and libraries necessary for developing programs using avahi. avahi-devel 0.7 20.el8 x86_64 37 k avahi-0.7-20.el8.src.rpm powertools Libraries and header files for avahi development http LGPLv2+ The avahi-devel package contains the header files and libraries necessary for developing programs using avahi.
We can use yum or dnf to install avahi-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install avahi-devel.
Install avahi-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install avahi-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install avahi-devel
Install avahi-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install avahi-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install avahi-devel
How To Uninstall avahi-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the avahi-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove avahi-devel
avahi-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/avahi-client
/usr/include/avahi-client/client.h
/usr/include/avahi-client/lookup.h
/usr/include/avahi-client/publish.h
/usr/include/avahi-common
/usr/include/avahi-common/address.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/alternative.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/cdecl.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/defs.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/domain.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/error.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/gccmacro.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/llist.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/malloc.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/rlist.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/simple-watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/strlst.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/thread-watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/timeval.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-core
/usr/include/avahi-core/core.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/log.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/lookup.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/publish.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/rr.h
/usr/lib/libavahi-client.so
/usr/lib/libavahi-common.so
/usr/lib/libavahi-core.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/avahi-client.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/avahi-core.pc
/usr/include/avahi-client
/usr/include/avahi-client/client.h
/usr/include/avahi-client/lookup.h
/usr/include/avahi-client/publish.h
/usr/include/avahi-common
/usr/include/avahi-common/address.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/alternative.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/cdecl.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/defs.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/domain.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/error.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/gccmacro.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/llist.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/malloc.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/rlist.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/simple-watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/strlst.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/thread-watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/timeval.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-core
/usr/include/avahi-core/core.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/log.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/lookup.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/publish.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/rr.h
/usr/lib64/libavahi-client.so
/usr/lib64/libavahi-common.so
/usr/lib64/libavahi-core.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/avahi-client.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/avahi-core.pc
References
- [avahi-devel website](http://avahi.org
http://avahi.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
