How To Install kf5-kwayland on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kwayland on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kwayland is KDE Frameworks 5 library that wraps Client and Server Wayland libraries

Introduction

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

What is kf5-kwayland

KDE Frameworks 5 library that wraps Client and Server Wayland libraries.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kwayland

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

sudo yum -y install kf5-kwayland

How To Uninstall kf5-kwayland on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kf5-kwayland

kf5-kwayland Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/2b188703a6e0bcf7e9f9329d6805172e0ff4a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/f8771e3f87ecd0514faef2865bbfb636d3f2b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/9142e82409e5fcf8cde84904ad66b8fc7f55aa
/usr/lib64/libKF5WaylandClient.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5WaylandClient.so.5.68.0
/usr/lib64/libKF5WaylandServer.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5WaylandServer.so.5.68.0
/usr/libexec/org-kde-kf5-kwayland-testserver
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kwayland
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kwayland/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/qlogging-categories5/kwayland.categories

References

Summary

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