How To Install libwayland-cursor on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `libwayland-cursor`

Wayland cursor library

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libwayland-cursor

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

sudo yum -y install libwayland-cursor

How To Uninstall libwayland-cursor on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libwayland-cursor

libwayland-cursor Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/deecdf77453c8a0f0bc658dde5e9449d526eaa
/usr/lib/libwayland-cursor.so.0
/usr/lib/libwayland-cursor.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-cursor
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-cursor/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/a512d6016b9f5fc8c3d9359d4eb07ada533c54
/usr/lib64/libwayland-cursor.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwayland-cursor.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-cursor
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-cursor/COPYING

References

libwayland-cursor website

Summary

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