How To Install flatpak-builder on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-builder on Rocky Linux 8. flatpak-builder is Tool to build flatpaks from source

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-builder on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `flatpak-builder`

Flatpak-builder is a tool for building flatpaks from sources. See http

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

Install flatpak-builder 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 flatpak-builder using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flatpak-builder

Install flatpak-builder 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 flatpak-builder using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flatpak-builder

How To Uninstall flatpak-builder on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the flatpak-builder package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove flatpak-builder

flatpak-builder Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/flatpak-builder
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/64af45828b1425fe3cc1947a583b5c99a94b57
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-builder
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-builder/docbook.css
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-builder/flatpak-builder-docs.html
/usr/share/licenses/flatpak-builder
/usr/share/licenses/flatpak-builder/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-builder.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/flatpak-manifest.5.gz

References

flatpak-builder website

Summary

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