How To Install mesa-libgbm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-libgbm on Rocky Linux 8. mesa-libgbm is Mesa gbm runtime library

Introduction

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

What is `mesa-libgbm`

Mesa gbm runtime library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mesa-libgbm

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

sudo yum -y install mesa-libgbm

How To Uninstall mesa-libgbm on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mesa-libgbm

mesa-libgbm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/8657ae7d1dbd8bceeff111d74b8ac1d68e2caf
/usr/lib64/libgbm.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgbm.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/2c216fbad2d5506894861439153c4d58a94392
/usr/lib/libgbm.so.1
/usr/lib/libgbm.so.1.0.0

References

mesa-libgbm website

Summary

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