How To Install qt5-qtlocation on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `qt5-qtlocation`

The Qt Location and Qt Positioning APIs gives developers the ability to determine a position by using a variety of possible sources, including satellite, or wifi, or text file, and so on.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install qt5-qtlocation

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

sudo yum -y install qt5-qtlocation

How To Uninstall qt5-qtlocation on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove qt5-qtlocation

qt5-qtlocation Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

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/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtlocation
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/usr/lib64/libQt5PositioningQuick.so.5.12.5
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/geoservices
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/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/geoservices/libqtgeoservices_itemsoverlay.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/geoservices/libqtgeoservices_mapbox.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/geoservices/libqtgeoservices_mapboxgl.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/geoservices/libqtgeoservices_nokia.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/geoservices/libqtgeoservices_osm.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/position
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/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/position/libqtposition_geoclue2.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/position/libqtposition_positionpoll.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/Qt
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/Qt/labs
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/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/Qt/labs/location/plugins.qmltypes
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/Qt/labs/location/qmldir
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/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtLocation/plugins.qmltypes
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtLocation/qmldir
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtPositioning
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/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtPositioning/plugins.qmltypes
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtPositioning/qmldir
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtlocation
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtlocation/LICENSE.GPL2
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtlocation/LICENSE.GPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtlocation/LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtlocation/LICENSE.GPLv3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtlocation/LICENSE.LGPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtlocation/LICENSE.LGPLv3

References

qt5-qtlocation website

Summary

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