How To Install dbusmenu-qt5 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbusmenu-qt5 on CentOS 8.
What is dbusmenu-qt5
This library provides a Qt5 implementation of the DBusMenu protocol. The DBusMenu protocol makes it possible for applications to export and import their menus over DBus.
We can use yum or dnf to install dbusmenu-qt5 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dbusmenu-qt5.
Install dbusmenu-qt5 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 dbusmenu-qt5 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dbusmenu-qt5
Install dbusmenu-qt5 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 dbusmenu-qt5 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dbusmenu-qt5
How To Uninstall dbusmenu-qt5 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dbusmenu-qt5 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dbusmenu-qt5
dbusmenu-qt5 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/93112fb270f52babaabaca960f4e63daab07d1
/usr/lib64/libdbusmenu-qt5.so.2
/usr/lib64/libdbusmenu-qt5.so.2.6.0
/usr/share/doc/dbusmenu-qt5
/usr/share/doc/dbusmenu-qt5/README
/usr/share/licenses/dbusmenu-qt5
/usr/share/licenses/dbusmenu-qt5/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbusmenu-qt5 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.