How To Install libreport-newt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreport-newt on Rocky Linux 8. libreport-newt is libreport’s newt interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreport-newt on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libreport-newt

This package contains a simple newt application for reporting bugs

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

Install libreport-newt 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 libreport-newt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libreport-newt

Install libreport-newt 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 libreport-newt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libreport-newt

How To Uninstall libreport-newt on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libreport-newt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libreport-newt

libreport-newt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/report-newt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/a89451052bc584350246b6a7d60770451b69ac
/usr/share/man/man1/report-newt.1.gz
/usr/bin/report-newt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/4f2ad6e942309c2f782b89935dfb5b74a7823e
/usr/share/man/man1/report-newt.1.gz

References

Summary

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