How To Install kf5-kguiaddons on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kguiaddons on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kguiaddons is KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 1 addon with various classes on top of QtGui

Introduction

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

What is kf5-kguiaddons

KDBusAddons provides convenience classes on top of QtGui.

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

Install kf5-kguiaddons 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-kguiaddons using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kguiaddons

Install kf5-kguiaddons 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-kguiaddons using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kf5-kguiaddons

How To Uninstall kf5-kguiaddons on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kf5-kguiaddons

kf5-kguiaddons Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/fbc76d0d03c1769dd0d8917ce06111fcedd894
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/69c58514950e1c8a3068374a6905c042e61d97
/usr/lib64/libKF5GuiAddons.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5GuiAddons.so.5.68.0
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/kguiaddons
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/kguiaddons/kmodifierkey
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/kguiaddons/kmodifierkey/kmodifierkey_xcb.so
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kguiaddons
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kguiaddons/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kguiaddons
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kguiaddons/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kguiaddons/COPYING.LIB

References

Summary

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