Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slang-devel on CentOS 8.
What is slang-devel
This package contains files which you’ll need if you want to develop S-Lang based applications. Documentation which may help you write S-Lang based applications is also included. Install the slang-devel package if you want to develop applications based on the S-Lang extension language. slang-devel 2.3.2 3.el8 x86_64 223 k slang-2.3.2-3.el8.src.rpm appstream Development files for the S-Lang extension language https GPLv2+ This package contains files which you’ll need if you want to develop S-Lang based applications. Documentation which may help you write S-Lang based applications is also included. Install the slang-devel package if you want to develop applications based on the S-Lang extension language.
We can use yum or dnf to install slang-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slang-devel.
Install slang-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 slang-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install slang-devel
Install slang-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 slang-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install slang-devel
How To Uninstall slang-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the slang-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove slang-devel
slang-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/slang
/usr/include/slang.h
/usr/include/slang/slang.h
/usr/include/slang/slcurses.h
/usr/include/slcurses.h
/usr/lib/libslang.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/slang.pc
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/README
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/cref.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/cslang.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/grammar.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/slang.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/slangfun.txt
/usr/include/slang
/usr/include/slang.h
/usr/include/slang/slang.h
/usr/include/slang/slcurses.h
/usr/include/slcurses.h
/usr/lib64/libslang.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/slang.pc
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/README
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/cref.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/cslang.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/grammar.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/slang.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/slangfun.txt
References
- [slang-devel website](https://www.jedsoft.org/slang/
https://www.jedsoft.org/slang/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slang-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
