How To Install colord-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install colord-libs on Rocky Linux 8. colord-libs is Color daemon library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install colord-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is colord-libs

colord is a low level system activated daemon that maps color devices to color profiles in the system context.

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

Install colord-libs 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 colord-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install colord-libs

Install colord-libs 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 colord-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install colord-libs

How To Uninstall colord-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the colord-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove colord-libs

colord-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/590f9e705b5fa3c44dcf3f545dddf1eb9f17c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/7f8af81780c1bd0273fc46af9885f6eec04d00
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/0d2fec8de848a95c24a412fdcead54609d9c70
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Colord-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Colorhug-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libcolord.so.2
/usr/lib/libcolord.so.2.0.5
/usr/lib/libcolordprivate.so.2
/usr/lib/libcolordprivate.so.2.0.5
/usr/lib/libcolorhug.so.2
/usr/lib/libcolorhug.so.2.0.5
/usr/share/doc/colord-libs
/usr/share/doc/colord-libs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/a553978b56d78e39acd8e6568c16f41d2ccc3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/f350d1d32180e0bfed9f5be6d095ca7e85bc67
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/099f8ff0dc6977b44e02794d9fe2471dbd59bf
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Colord-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Colorhug-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libcolord.so.2
/usr/lib64/libcolord.so.2.0.5
/usr/lib64/libcolordprivate.so.2
/usr/lib64/libcolordprivate.so.2.0.5
/usr/lib64/libcolorhug.so.2
/usr/lib64/libcolorhug.so.2.0.5
/usr/share/doc/colord-libs
/usr/share/doc/colord-libs/COPYING

References

Summary

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