How To Install kwin-wayland on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-wayland on Rocky Linux 8. kwin-wayland is KDE Window Manager with experimental Wayland support

Introduction

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

What is kwin-wayland

KDE Window Manager with experimental Wayland support.

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

Install kwin-wayland 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-wayland using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kwin-wayland

Install kwin-wayland 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-wayland using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kwin-wayland

How To Uninstall kwin-wayland on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kwin-wayland

kwin-wayland Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/kwin_wayland
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/62d6c7dd64ed516682cdd8ab1d71438d3066e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/62b04ce4fb515f6e9428cbf6cc37839e4c26c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/732dec9eccf6718c173e7dc3259ed0a3a3396f
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/a0ad29c10042a3fd59677f36a0db4e304e88ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/7217f6eb0504873497f287482ba6cb1153098d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/64a9a046e5db4504865fbdf3de6a14c88fb0c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/66930d2a4ead6326eb5fed6c5f0f41c945b904
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/656a56e31162161e0da99354534918c343de3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/defd0ee3a1d8a8356b0cf6d37a1300c7febdfa
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/org.kde.kidletime.platforms/KF5IdleTimeKWinWaylandPrivatePlugin.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/org.kde.kglobalaccel5.platforms/KF5GlobalAccelPrivateKWin.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/org.kde.kwin.waylandbackends/KWinWaylandDrmBackend.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/org.kde.kwin.waylandbackends/KWinWaylandFbdevBackend.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/org.kde.kwin.waylandbackends/KWinWaylandVirtualBackend.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/org.kde.kwin.waylandbackends/KWinWaylandWaylandBackend.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/org.kde.kwin.waylandbackends/KWinWaylandX11Backend.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/platforms/KWinQpaPlugin.so

References

Summary

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