How To Install dbusmenu-qt5 on CentOS 8

dbusmenu-qt5 is A Qt implementation of the DBusMenu protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbusmenu-qt5 on CentOS 8.

What is dbusmenu-qt5

This library provides a Qt5 implementation of the DBusMenu protocol. The DBusMenu protocol makes it possible for applications to export and import their menus over DBus.

We can use yum or dnf to install dbusmenu-qt5 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dbusmenu-qt5.

Install dbusmenu-qt5 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 dbusmenu-qt5 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dbusmenu-qt5

Install dbusmenu-qt5 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 dbusmenu-qt5 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dbusmenu-qt5

How To Uninstall dbusmenu-qt5 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dbusmenu-qt5 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dbusmenu-qt5

dbusmenu-qt5 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/93112fb270f52babaabaca960f4e63daab07d1
/usr/lib64/libdbusmenu-qt5.so.2
/usr/lib64/libdbusmenu-qt5.so.2.6.0
/usr/share/doc/dbusmenu-qt5
/usr/share/doc/dbusmenu-qt5/README
/usr/share/licenses/dbusmenu-qt5
/usr/share/licenses/dbusmenu-qt5/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbusmenu-qt5 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.