How To Install mesa-libGLw-devel on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is mesa-libGLw-devel

Mesa libGLw development package.

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

Install mesa-libGLw-devel 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-libGLw-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mesa-libGLw-devel

Install mesa-libGLw-devel 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-libGLw-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mesa-libGLw-devel

How To Uninstall mesa-libGLw-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mesa-libGLw-devel

mesa-libGLw-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/GL/GLwDrawA.h
/usr/include/GL/GLwDrawAP.h
/usr/include/GL/GLwMDrawA.h
/usr/include/GL/GLwMDrawAP.h
/usr/lib/libGLw.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/glw.pc
/usr/include/GL/GLwDrawA.h
/usr/include/GL/GLwDrawAP.h
/usr/include/GL/GLwMDrawA.h
/usr/include/GL/GLwMDrawAP.h
/usr/lib64/libGLw.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/glw.pc

References

• mesa-libGLw-devel website

Summary

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