How To Install libwayland-server on CentOS 8

libwayland-server is Wayland server library Wayland server library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwayland-server on CentOS 8.

What is libwayland-server

Wayland server library libwayland-server 1.17.0 1.el8 x86_64 45 k wayland-1.17.0-1.el8.src.rpm appstream Wayland server library http MIT Wayland server library

We can use yum or dnf to install libwayland-server on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libwayland-server.

Install libwayland-server 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 libwayland-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwayland-server

Install libwayland-server 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 libwayland-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwayland-server

How To Uninstall libwayland-server on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libwayland-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libwayland-server

libwayland-server Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/3d178ab3017b864398e0eea8a5dec8590c3662
/usr/lib64/libwayland-server.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwayland-server.so.0.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-server
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-server/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/5728e9be2fefd4cb34bc87cbf0522d9b5338fc
/usr/lib/libwayland-server.so.0
/usr/lib/libwayland-server.so.0.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-server
/usr/share/licenses/libwayland-server/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwayland-server on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.