How To Install kf5-kconfig-gui on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kconfig-gui on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kconfig-gui is GUI part of KConfig framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kconfig-gui on Rocky Linux 8.

What is kf5-kconfig-gui

KConfigGui provides a way to hook widgets to the configuration so that they are automatically initialized from the configuration and automatically propagate their changes to their respective configuration files.

We can use yum or dnf to install kf5-kconfig-gui on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kf5-kconfig-gui.

Install kf5-kconfig-gui 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 kf5-kconfig-gui using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kconfig-gui

Install kf5-kconfig-gui 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 kf5-kconfig-gui using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kf5-kconfig-gui

How To Uninstall kf5-kconfig-gui on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kf5-kconfig-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kf5-kconfig-gui

kf5-kconfig-gui Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/10b573d46fdf000146c3cd25cffb798a0ef7dd
/usr/lib64/libKF5ConfigGui.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5ConfigGui.so.5.68.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kconfig-gui on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.