How To Install create_makefiles on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install kdesdk-scripts

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install kdesdk-scripts

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is create_makefiles and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install create_makefiles on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install create_makefiles on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install create_makefiles using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kdesdk-scripts

Install create_makefiles on CentOS 8 using yum

Because create_makefiles is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install create_makefiles package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kdesdk-scripts

How to upgrade (update) a single package create_makefiles using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like create_makefiles in this example you should use the following command:

yum update kdesdk-scripts

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade kdesdk-scripts

How to Upgrade create_makefiles on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update kdesdk-scripts

How To remove create_makefiles from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the create_makefiles package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove kdesdk-scripts

Extra info and code examples

This package contains scripts and data files to facilitate development of KDE software. Also included are scripts which are not specific to KDE, such as helper scripts for working with Subversion and CVS repositories. In addition to these scripts, this package provides: - gdb macros for Qt programming - Vim and EMACS helper files for Qt/KDE programming - bash and zsh completion rules for KDE applications - Valgrind error suppressions for KDE applications This package is part of the KDE Software Development Kit module.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install create_makefiles using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the create_makefiles from CentOS 8.

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