How To Install libwayland-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwayland-client on Rocky Linux 8. libwayland-client is Wayland client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwayland-client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libwayland-client`

Wayland client library

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

Install libwayland-client 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 libwayland-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwayland-client

Install libwayland-client 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 libwayland-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwayland-client

How To Uninstall libwayland-client on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libwayland-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libwayland-client

libwayland-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/0761489c88e33cc8893c6782db44058a203229
/usr/lib64/libwayland-client.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwayland-client.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-client
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-client/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/7eced9bcac938c7075938b39f3dcc6c9964a84
/usr/lib/libwayland-client.so.0
/usr/lib/libwayland-client.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-client
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-client/COPYING

References

libwayland-client website

Summary

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