How To Install rls on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rls on Rocky Linux 8. rls is Rust Language Server for IDE integration

Introduction

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

What is rls

The Rust Language Server provides a server that runs in the background, providing IDEs, editors, and other tools with information about Rust programs. It supports functionality such as ‘goto definition’, symbol search, reformatting, and code completion, and enables renaming and refactorings.

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

Install rls 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 rls using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rls

Install rls 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 rls using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rls

How To Uninstall rls on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rls

rls Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/rls
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/663875397cdfa025255ac779a3a1225420b341
/usr/share/doc/rls
/usr/share/doc/rls/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/rls/README.md
/usr/share/doc/rls/debugging.md
/usr/share/licenses/rls
/usr/share/licenses/rls/LICENSE-APACHE
/usr/share/licenses/rls/LICENSE-MIT

References

Summary

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