How To Install kf5-kio-file-widgets on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kio-file-widgets on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kio-file-widgets is Widgets for file-handling for KIO Framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kio-file-widgets on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `kf5-kio-file-widgets`

The KIOFileWidgets library provides the file selection dialog and its components.

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

Install kf5-kio-file-widgets 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-kio-file-widgets using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kio-file-widgets

Install kf5-kio-file-widgets 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-kio-file-widgets using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kf5-kio-file-widgets

How To Uninstall kf5-kio-file-widgets on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kf5-kio-file-widgets package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kf5-kio-file-widgets

kf5-kio-file-widgets Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/167d80adde89a51d2fe3916a4b8925ddd3d10e
/usr/lib64/libKF5KIOFileWidgets.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5KIOFileWidgets.so.5.68.0

References

kf5-kio-file-widgets website

Summary

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