How To Install qt5-qtgamepad on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtgamepad on Rocky Linux 8. qt5-qtgamepad is Qt5 - Gamepad component

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtgamepad on Rocky Linux 8.

What is qt5-qtgamepad

Qt Gamepad provides a way to display web content in a QML application without necessarily including a full web browser stack by using native APIs where it makes sense.

We can use yum or dnf to install qt5-qtgamepad on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qt5-qtgamepad.

Install qt5-qtgamepad 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 qt5-qtgamepad using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qt5-qtgamepad

Install qt5-qtgamepad 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 qt5-qtgamepad using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qt5-qtgamepad

How To Uninstall qt5-qtgamepad on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qt5-qtgamepad package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qt5-qtgamepad

qt5-qtgamepad Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/510a2442341eac0cfbcef45637571df7cc8d87
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/5a298d16121009206ed9582c760ba31d2a4bb6
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/fbba3a7ca5ee7beee31a35c8cc06935d12048e
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/1d0c31c497d210502059781a6532404aa51eb8
/usr/lib64/libQt5Gamepad.so.5
/usr/lib64/libQt5Gamepad.so.5.12
/usr/lib64/libQt5Gamepad.so.5.12.8
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/gamepads
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/gamepads/libevdevgamepad.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/gamepads/libsdl2gamepad.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtGamepad
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtGamepad/libdeclarative_gamepad.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtGamepad/plugins.qmltypes
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtGamepad/qmldir
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtgamepad
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtgamepad/LICENSE.GPL
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtgamepad/LICENSE.LGPLv3

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtgamepad on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.