How To Install kf5-prison on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-prison on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-prison is KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 1 barcode library

Introduction

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

What is `kf5-prison`

Prison is a Qt-based barcode abstraction layer/library that provides an uniform access to generation of barcodes with data.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install kf5-prison

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

sudo yum -y install kf5-prison

How To Uninstall kf5-prison on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kf5-prison

kf5-prison Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/ec8d2835ec087bf249532054b38337da357f9d
/usr/lib64/libKF5Prison.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5Prison.so.5.68.0
/usr/share/doc/kf5-prison
/usr/share/doc/kf5-prison/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-prison
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-prison/LICENSE
/usr/share/qlogging-categories5/prison.categories

References

kf5-prison website

Summary

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