How To Install libglvnd-gles on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglvnd-gles on Rocky Linux 8. libglvnd-gles is GLES support for libglvnd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglvnd-gles on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libglvnd-gles`

libGLESv[12] are the common dispatch interface for the GLES API.

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

Install libglvnd-gles 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 libglvnd-gles using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libglvnd-gles

Install libglvnd-gles 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 libglvnd-gles using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libglvnd-gles

How To Uninstall libglvnd-gles on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libglvnd-gles package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libglvnd-gles

libglvnd-gles Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/52aa769f8924649b26e1d9b1206acbfa9c4b4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/82e99a1174ec3f930559205987095995261ef7
/usr/lib/libGLESv1_CM.so.1
/usr/lib/libGLESv1_CM.so.1.2.0
/usr/lib/libGLESv2.so.2
/usr/lib/libGLESv2.so.2.1.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/5c189e6cbfe7ec8be1fc10f34afe057452e959
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/484d3d0de789316ca7da8bab0d857f8023e486
/usr/lib64/libGLESv1_CM.so.1
/usr/lib64/libGLESv1_CM.so.1.2.0
/usr/lib64/libGLESv2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libGLESv2.so.2.1.0

References

libglvnd-gles website

Summary

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