How To Install qt5-qtwebsockets on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is qt5-qtwebsockets

The QtWebSockets module implements the WebSocket protocol as specified in RFC 6455. It solely depends on Qt (no external dependencies).

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

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

sudo dnf -y install qt5-qtwebsockets

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

sudo yum -y install qt5-qtwebsockets

How To Uninstall qt5-qtwebsockets on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove qt5-qtwebsockets

qt5-qtwebsockets Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/96e2b266d182acf63092f38990d375dbbfb8d9
/usr/lib/libQt5WebSockets.so.5
/usr/lib/libQt5WebSockets.so.5.12
/usr/lib/libQt5WebSockets.so.5.12.5
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/Qt/WebSockets
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/Qt/WebSockets/qmldir
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtwebsockets
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtwebsockets/LICENSE.GPL2
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtwebsockets/LICENSE.GPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtwebsockets/LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtwebsockets/LICENSE.LGPL3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/f33c562dc22e1db7d1dea9a5b19b07886ba1dd
/usr/lib64/libQt5WebSockets.so.5
/usr/lib64/libQt5WebSockets.so.5.12
/usr/lib64/libQt5WebSockets.so.5.12.5
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/Qt/WebSockets
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/Qt/WebSockets/qmldir
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtwebsockets
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtwebsockets/LICENSE.GPL2
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtwebsockets/LICENSE.GPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtwebsockets/LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtwebsockets/LICENSE.LGPL3

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Summary

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