How To Install ibus-wayland on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-wayland on Rocky Linux 8. ibus-wayland is IBus IM module for Wayland

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibus-wayland on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ibus-wayland

This package contains IBus IM module for Wayland

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

Install ibus-wayland 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 ibus-wayland using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ibus-wayland

Install ibus-wayland 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 ibus-wayland using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ibus-wayland

How To Uninstall ibus-wayland on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ibus-wayland package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ibus-wayland

ibus-wayland Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/14310ab04ee468d7f37e98a94fd02fb4e0c45c
/usr/libexec/ibus-wayland

References

Summary

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