How To Install cmake-gui on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake-gui on CentOS 8.
What is cmake-gui
The cmake-gui package contains the Qt based GUI for cmake.
We can use yum or dnf to install cmake-gui on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cmake-gui.
Install cmake-gui on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install cmake-gui using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cmake-gui
Install cmake-gui on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install cmake-gui using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cmake-gui
How To Uninstall cmake-gui on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the cmake-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cmake-gui
cmake-gui Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/cmake-gui
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/f8a66151d31a87b147cda2228e833b700d8518
/usr/share/applications/cmake-gui.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/CMakeSetup.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/CMakeSetup.png
/usr/share/man/man1/cmake-gui.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/cmake-gui.appdata.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages
/usr/share/mime/packages/cmakecache.xml
/usr/bin/cmake-gui
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/0e31ab5018c61e60c0ee4e92d7e45c396b8ffd
/usr/share/applications/cmake-gui.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/CMakeSetup.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/CMakeSetup.png
/usr/share/man/man1/cmake-gui.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/cmake-gui.appdata.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages
/usr/share/mime/packages/cmakecache.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake-gui on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.