How To Install kf5-kimageformats on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kimageformats on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kimageformats is KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 1 addon with additional image plugins for QtGui

Introduction

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

What is kf5-kimageformats

This framework provides additional image format plugins for QtGui. As such it is not required for the compilation of any other software, but may be a runtime requirement for Qt-based software to support certain image formats.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kimageformats

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

sudo yum -y install kf5-kimageformats

How To Uninstall kf5-kimageformats on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kf5-kimageformats

kf5-kimageformats Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/93301723f8bde9001a4b2431248c7c4ca1b5f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/3ddb4444bc3595b8b5bc7435a35e5fcea638d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/bef6490e925d5d8ab6b5f6e004ebc4c5d4dfae
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/09709056c3b057aa137cac9346d9e8b55577c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/4b59e6e99d219427d46523c9dc1d78dde7ac08
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/9dcc4d2425634288f1dab853af0566fe9348b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/52d51ecf17c12f1698eadf042d7bd8b8191d5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/4ae61ab9da40ae5bec695048c879b3a6c09e87
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/90193df111a07588bfe80e4093caeba5cbd4d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/333ab2bfd937e2d5b7eabd57abab7f100d4dad
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/imageformats/kimg_eps.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/imageformats/kimg_exr.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/imageformats/kimg_hdr.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/imageformats/kimg_pcx.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/imageformats/kimg_pic.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/imageformats/kimg_psd.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/imageformats/kimg_ras.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/imageformats/kimg_rgb.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/imageformats/kimg_tga.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/imageformats/kimg_xcf.so
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kimageformats
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kimageformats/README.md
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/dds.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/eps.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/exr.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/hdr.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/jp2.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/pcx.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/pic.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/psd.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/ras.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/rgb.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/tga.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/qimageioplugins/xcf.desktop
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kimageformats
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kimageformats/COPYING.LIB

References

Summary

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