How To Install kwin on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin on Rocky Linux 8. kwin is KDE Window manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `kwin`

KDE Window manager.

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

Install kwin 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 kwin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kwin

Install kwin 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 kwin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kwin

How To Uninstall kwin on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kwin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kwin

kwin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/kwin
/usr/bin/kwin_x11
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/cf11f1d3e2eb89247a1f7e23b527441966ee12
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/1bf604f13b6aab4f83da3d0bf740c852cf9e56
/usr/lib64/libkdeinit5_kwin_x11.so

References

kwin website

Summary

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