How To Install libnotify on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotify on Rocky Linux 8. libnotify is Desktop notification library

Introduction

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

What is libnotify

libnotify is a library for sending desktop notifications to a notification daemon, as defined in the freedesktop.org Desktop Notifications spec. These notifications can be used to inform the user about an event or display some form of information without getting in the user’s way.

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

Install libnotify 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 libnotify using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnotify

Install libnotify 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 libnotify using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnotify

How To Uninstall libnotify on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libnotify

libnotify Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/notify-send
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/f18ef75d2b95d69882752bab2d71edd11a41ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/eeabbd1bdac49e23c4acf75174204b88c6f03c
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Notify-0.7.typelib
/usr/lib/libnotify.so.4
/usr/lib/libnotify.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libnotify
/usr/share/doc/libnotify/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libnotify/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/libnotify
/usr/share/licenses/libnotify/COPYING
/usr/bin/notify-send
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/2fe33bd8123939d7cb80dbb5998c3ff82fd4f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/2a7edd5d97b9587408118de8f1afb4b1261ad3
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Notify-0.7.typelib
/usr/lib64/libnotify.so.4
/usr/lib64/libnotify.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libnotify
/usr/share/doc/libnotify/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libnotify/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/libnotify
/usr/share/licenses/libnotify/COPYING

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Summary

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