How To Install qt5-qtx11extras on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtx11extras on Rocky Linux 8. qt5-qtx11extras is Qt5 - X11 support library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtx11extras on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `qt5-qtx11extras`

The X11 Extras module provides features specific to platforms using X11, e.g. Linux and UNIX-like systems including embedded Linux systems that use the X Window System.

We can use yum or dnf to install qt5-qtx11extras on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qt5-qtx11extras.

Install qt5-qtx11extras 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-qtx11extras using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qt5-qtx11extras

Install qt5-qtx11extras 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-qtx11extras using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qt5-qtx11extras

How To Uninstall qt5-qtx11extras on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qt5-qtx11extras package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qt5-qtx11extras

qt5-qtx11extras Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/06f5d867fc8560353bee68a448621958e0b989
/usr/lib64/libQt5X11Extras.so.5
/usr/lib64/libQt5X11Extras.so.5.12
/usr/lib64/libQt5X11Extras.so.5.12.5
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras/LICENSE.GPL2
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras/LICENSE.GPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras/LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras/LICENSE.LGPL3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/f7bc0549edac7190948c55fec2c6a778d81844
/usr/lib/libQt5X11Extras.so.5
/usr/lib/libQt5X11Extras.so.5.12
/usr/lib/libQt5X11Extras.so.5.12.5
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras/LICENSE.GPL2
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras/LICENSE.GPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras/LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras/LICENSE.LGPL3

References

qt5-qtx11extras website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtx11extras on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.