How To Install kf5-kinit-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kinit-devel on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kinit-devel is Development files for kf5-kinit

Introduction

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

What is kf5-kinit-devel

The kf5-kinit-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use kf5-kinit.

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

Install kf5-kinit-devel 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-kinit-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kinit-devel

Install kf5-kinit-devel 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-kinit-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kf5-kinit-devel

How To Uninstall kf5-kinit-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kf5-kinit-devel

kf5-kinit-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.kf5-kinit
/usr/lib64/cmake/KF5Init
/usr/lib64/cmake/KF5Init/KF5InitConfig.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/KF5Init/KF5InitConfigVersion.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/KF5Init/KF5InitMacros.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/KF5Init/kde5init_dummy.cpp.in
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/kf5_org.kde.KLauncher.xml

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Summary

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