How To Install libdazzle on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdazzle on Rocky Linux 8. libdazzle is Experimental new features for GTK+ and GLib

Introduction

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

What is `libdazzle`

libdazzle is a collection of fancy features for GLib and Gtk+ that aren’t quite ready or generic enough for use inside those libraries. This is often a proving ground for new widget prototypes. Applications such as Builder tend to drive development of this project.

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

Install libdazzle 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 libdazzle using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libdazzle

Install libdazzle 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 libdazzle using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libdazzle

How To Uninstall libdazzle on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libdazzle

libdazzle Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/dazzle-list-counters
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/b5f22a431db9322e1020f008f9934c861964eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/909d7d88a0e81fdf4635f6c4f1ee170152b06e
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Dazzle-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libdazzle-1.0.so.0
/usr/share/doc/libdazzle
/usr/share/doc/libdazzle/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libdazzle/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libdazzle/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libdazzle
/usr/share/licenses/libdazzle/COPYING
/usr/bin/dazzle-list-counters
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/c5815bb1803eb460e70cd78257af4035347bb5
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/e209240809abd0a59472baae073bd2f92c781b
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Dazzle-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libdazzle-1.0.so.0
/usr/share/doc/libdazzle
/usr/share/doc/libdazzle/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libdazzle/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libdazzle/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libdazzle
/usr/share/licenses/libdazzle/COPYING

References

libdazzle website

Summary

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