How To Install qgnomeplatform on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qgnomeplatform on Rocky Linux 8. qgnomeplatform is Qt Platform Theme aimed to accommodate Gnome settings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qgnomeplatform on Rocky Linux 8.

What is qgnomeplatform

QGnomePlatform is a Qt Platform Theme aimed to accommodate as much of GNOME settings as possibleand utilize them in Qt applications without modifying them - making them fit into the environment as well as possible.

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

Install qgnomeplatform 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 qgnomeplatform using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qgnomeplatform

Install qgnomeplatform 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 qgnomeplatform using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qgnomeplatform

How To Uninstall qgnomeplatform on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qgnomeplatform package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qgnomeplatform

qgnomeplatform Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/9f20705d2a16cd28c8f3e0963074a0446dc723
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/platformthemes/libqgnomeplatform.so
/usr/share/doc/qgnomeplatform
/usr/share/doc/qgnomeplatform/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/qgnomeplatform
/usr/share/licenses/qgnomeplatform/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/6315ca7210eccba479bb56c10a4552b1b520f3
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/platformthemes/libqgnomeplatform.so
/usr/share/doc/qgnomeplatform
/usr/share/doc/qgnomeplatform/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/qgnomeplatform
/usr/share/licenses/qgnomeplatform/LICENSE

References

Summary

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