How To Install mesa-libGL on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-libGL on Rocky Linux 8. mesa-libGL is Mesa libGL runtime libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-libGL on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mesa-libGL`

Mesa libGL runtime libraries.

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

Install mesa-libGL 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 mesa-libGL using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mesa-libGL

Install mesa-libGL 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 mesa-libGL using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mesa-libGL

How To Uninstall mesa-libGL on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mesa-libGL package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mesa-libGL

mesa-libGL Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/4fa08a087b2c65d627b220c5abedb36aba5ac5
/usr/lib/libGLX_mesa.so.0
/usr/lib/libGLX_mesa.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libGLX_system.so.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/fff9f229d4f69667808d3ae1910a9bce879b94
/usr/lib64/libGLX_mesa.so.0
/usr/lib64/libGLX_mesa.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libGLX_system.so.0

References

mesa-libGL website

Summary

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