How To Install assimp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install assimp on Rocky Linux 8. assimp is Library to import various 3D model formats into applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install assimp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is assimp

Assimp, the Open Asset Import Library, is a free library to import various well-known 3D model formats into applications. Assimp aims to provide a full asset conversion pipeline for use in game engines and real-time rendering systems, but is not limited to these applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install assimp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install assimp.

Install assimp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install assimp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install assimp

Install assimp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install assimp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install assimp

How To Uninstall assimp on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the assimp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove assimp

assimp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/assimp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/6a28b78d48b490c2a2fc85da4e6be744a94185
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/b1046a929d60b15cb374153eeedfbb5a71aa0c
/usr/lib64/libassimp.so.5
/usr/lib64/libassimp.so.5.0.1
/usr/share/doc/assimp
/usr/share/doc/assimp/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/assimp/Readme.md
/usr/share/licenses/assimp
/usr/share/licenses/assimp/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/assimp/License.txt
/usr/share/licenses/assimp/UNLICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install assimp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.