How To Install scala on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scala on Rocky Linux 8.
What is scala
Scala is a general purpose programming language designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way. It smoothly integrates features of object-oriented and functional languages. It is also fully interoperable with Java.
We can use yum or dnf to install scala on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install scala.
Install scala 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 scala using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install scala
Install scala 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 scala using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install scala
How To Uninstall scala on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the scala package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove scala
scala Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/fsc
/usr/bin/scala
/usr/bin/scalac
/usr/bin/scaladoc
/usr/bin/scalap
/usr/share/java/scala
/usr/share/java/scala/scala-compiler.jar
/usr/share/java/scala/scala-library.jar
/usr/share/java/scala/scala-reflect.jar
/usr/share/java/scala/scalap.jar
/usr/share/licenses/scala
/usr/share/licenses/scala/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/fsc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scala.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scalac.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scaladoc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scalap.1.gz
/usr/share/maven-metadata/scala.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.scala-scala-compiler.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.scala-scala-library.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.scala-scala-reflect.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.scala-scalap.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/scala
/usr/share/maven-poms/scala/scala-compiler.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/scala/scala-library.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/scala/scala-reflect.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/scala/scalap.pom
/usr/share/mime-info/scala.keys
/usr/share/mime-info/scala.mime
/usr/share/mime/packages/scala-mime-info.xml
/usr/share/scala
/usr/share/scala/lib
/usr/share/scala/lib/jansi.jar
/usr/share/scala/lib/jline.jar
/usr/share/scala/lib/scala-compiler.jar
/usr/share/scala/lib/scala-library.jar
/usr/share/scala/lib/scala-reflect.jar
/usr/share/scala/lib/scalap.jar
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scala on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
