How To Install eglexternalplatform-devel on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eglexternalplatform-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is eglexternalplatform-devel

The eglexternalplatform-devel package contains the header files for developing applications that use eglexternalplatform.

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

Install eglexternalplatform-devel 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 eglexternalplatform-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install eglexternalplatform-devel

Install eglexternalplatform-devel 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 eglexternalplatform-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install eglexternalplatform-devel

How To Uninstall eglexternalplatform-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the eglexternalplatform-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove eglexternalplatform-devel

eglexternalplatform-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/eglexternalplatform.h
/usr/include/eglexternalplatformversion.h
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel/README.md
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel/samples
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel/samples/libsample-egl-platform.c
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel/samples/sample-egl-client.c
/usr/share/doc/eglexternalplatform-devel/samples/sample-egl-server.c
/usr/share/licenses/eglexternalplatform-devel
/usr/share/licenses/eglexternalplatform-devel/COPYING
/usr/share/pkgconfig/eglexternalplatform.pc

References

• eglexternalplatform-devel website

Summary

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