How To Install geany-libgeany on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-libgeany on Rocky Linux 8. geany-libgeany is Core functions of Geany

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-libgeany on Rocky Linux 8.

What is geany-libgeany

This package contains the core functions of Geany which will be used by Geany plugins.

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

Install geany-libgeany 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 geany-libgeany using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install geany-libgeany

Install geany-libgeany 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 geany-libgeany using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geany-libgeany

How To Uninstall geany-libgeany on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the geany-libgeany package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove geany-libgeany

geany-libgeany Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/9019df0262ef674a39f0ca575f642c057c8388
/usr/lib64/libgeany.so
/usr/lib64/libgeany.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgeany.so.0.0.0

References

Summary

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