How To Install qt5-qtwayland on CentOS 8

qt5-qtwayland is Qt5 - Wayland platform support and QtCompositor module Qt5 - Wayland platform support and QtCompositor module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtwayland on CentOS 8.

What is `qt5-qtwayland`

Qt5 - Wayland platform support and QtCompositor module. qt5-qtwayland 5.12.5 1.el8 x86_64 933 k qt5-qtwayland-5.12.5-1.el8.src.rpm appstream Qt5 - Wayland platform support and QtCompositor module http LGPLv3 Qt5 - Wayland platform support and QtCompositor module.

We can use yum or dnf to install qt5-qtwayland on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qt5-qtwayland.

Install qt5-qtwayland 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 qt5-qtwayland using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qt5-qtwayland

Install qt5-qtwayland 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 qt5-qtwayland using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qt5-qtwayland

How To Uninstall qt5-qtwayland on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the qt5-qtwayland package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qt5-qtwayland

qt5-qtwayland Package Contents on CentOS 8

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References

[qt5-qtwayland website](http://www.qt.io http://www.qt.io)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtwayland on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.