How To Install snapd-qt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd-qt on Rocky Linux 8. snapd-qt is Library providing a Qt5 interface to snapd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install snapd-qt on Rocky Linux 8.

What is snapd-qt

snapd-qt is a library that provides an interface to communicate with snapd for Qt based applications.

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

Install snapd-qt 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 snapd-qt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install snapd-qt

Install snapd-qt 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 snapd-qt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install snapd-qt

How To Uninstall snapd-qt on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the snapd-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove snapd-qt

snapd-qt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/468ed4ea87fad9a4a797e2e3685059eac433bb
/usr/lib64/libsnapd-qt.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsnapd-qt.so.1.0.0

References

Summary

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