How To Install libindicator-gtk3 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libindicator-gtk3 on Rocky Linux 8. libindicator-gtk3 is GTK+3 build of libindicator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libindicator-gtk3 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libindicator-gtk3`

A set of symbols and convenience functions that all Ayatana indicators are likely to use. This is the GTK+ 3 build of libindicator, for use by GTK+ 3 apps.

We can use yum or dnf to install libindicator-gtk3 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libindicator-gtk3.

Install libindicator-gtk3 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 libindicator-gtk3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libindicator-gtk3

Install libindicator-gtk3 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 libindicator-gtk3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libindicator-gtk3

How To Uninstall libindicator-gtk3 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libindicator-gtk3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libindicator-gtk3

libindicator-gtk3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/8f4ad2113e60fc60c8c149f73bc8abc92e9856
/usr/lib64/indicators3
/usr/lib64/indicators3/7
/usr/lib64/libindicator3.so.7
/usr/lib64/libindicator3.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3/NEWS
/usr/share/libindicator
/usr/share/libindicator/icons
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/99b7940bbf0fc80ae03d13bfa46b5f64c1e748
/usr/lib/indicators3
/usr/lib/indicators3/7
/usr/lib/libindicator3.so.7
/usr/lib/libindicator3.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3/NEWS
/usr/share/libindicator
/usr/share/libindicator/icons

References

libindicator-gtk3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libindicator-gtk3 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.