How To Install libwayland-egl on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `libwayland-egl`

Wayland egl library

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libwayland-egl

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

sudo yum -y install libwayland-egl

How To Uninstall libwayland-egl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libwayland-egl

libwayland-egl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/0724eef0e0093425d97165ca976824b3dfc43a
/usr/lib/libwayland-egl.so.1
/usr/lib/libwayland-egl.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-egl
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-egl/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/4b75c3e4d1128b42c6d0ee139b5a837c45ce32
/usr/lib64/libwayland-egl.so.1
/usr/lib64/libwayland-egl.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-egl
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-egl/COPYING

References

libwayland-egl website

Summary

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