How To Install cmake on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake on Rocky Linux 8. cmake is Cross-platform make system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake on Rocky Linux 8.

What is cmake

CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files. CMake generates native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler environment of your choice. CMake is quite sophisticated to support complex environments requiring system configuration, preprocessor generation, code generation, and template instantiation.

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

Install cmake 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 cmake using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cmake

Install cmake 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 cmake using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cmake

How To Uninstall cmake on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the cmake package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cmake

cmake Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ccmake
/usr/bin/ccmake3
/usr/bin/cmake
/usr/bin/cmake3
/usr/bin/cpack
/usr/bin/cpack3
/usr/bin/ctest
/usr/bin/ctest3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/47589a840ee02ddc06608cb4b7521c4d61fcc0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/ec703fea9e3a7bac3d8d4f3c404e935a97db6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/2445d83fc01adbd888c462cf22f6eed1b1104a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/dd6272d8d2d6c84d92b643db57129ab992e37f
/usr/share/doc/cmake
/usr/share/licenses/cmake
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmcurl
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmexpat
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmlibarchive
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmliblzma
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmlibrhash
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmnghttp2
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/Copyright.txt
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/Copyright.txt_KWIML
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/Copyright.txt_cmzlib
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/Copyright.txt_kwsys
/usr/share/man/man1/ccmake.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cmake.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cpack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-buildsystem.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-commands.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-compile-features.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-developer.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-env-variables.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-file-api.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-generator-expressions.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-generators.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-language.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-modules.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-packages.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-policies.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-properties.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-qt.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-server.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-toolchains.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-variables.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cpack-generators.7.gz
/usr/bin/ccmake
/usr/bin/cmake
/usr/bin/cpack
/usr/bin/ctest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/9ead404b231d004fbc31cc074ad6e150a3f24e
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/d33fe405b5834cbc76f5e07cd36cc51b77de69
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/9a0f3a011b6cde563e3e112f370d799170cf89
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/b2040702e5907d3d932b2df36b4577a4f29c5b
/usr/share/doc/cmake
/usr/share/licenses/cmake
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmcurl
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmexpat
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmlibarchive
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmliblzma
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmlibrhash
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/COPYING_cmnghttp2
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/Copyright.txt
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/Copyright.txt_KWIML
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/Copyright.txt_cmzlib
/usr/share/licenses/cmake/Copyright.txt_kwsys
/usr/share/man/man1/ccmake.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cmake.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cpack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-buildsystem.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-commands.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-compile-features.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-developer.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-env-variables.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-file-api.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-generator-expressions.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-generators.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-language.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-modules.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-packages.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-policies.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-properties.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-qt.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-server.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-toolchains.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cmake-variables.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/cpack-generators.7.gz

References

Summary

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