How To Install gjs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gjs on Rocky Linux 8. gjs is Javascript Bindings for GNOME

Introduction

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

What is gjs

Gjs allows using GNOME libraries from Javascript. It’s based on the Spidermonkey Javascript engine from Mozilla and the GObject introspection framework.

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

Install gjs 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 gjs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gjs

Install gjs 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 gjs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gjs

How To Uninstall gjs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gjs

gjs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/gjs
/usr/bin/gjs-console
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/777075e3d3aced61ceb059c838b93e8969d46a
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/70fc9d77be73e88fddcf4dc5d19f02b2fac4d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/8f83f9511ee4a409e5c831ddccaac061c9b1f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/ddc2298e480c247c60953b698f8ac1c86cb01d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/98e636ae2372dc998d3dfaf290fea5bc26c276
/usr/lib64/gjs
/usr/lib64/gjs/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/gjs/girepository-1.0/GjsPrivate-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/gjs/libgimarshallingtests.so
/usr/lib64/gjs/libregress.so
/usr/lib64/gjs/libwarnlib.so
/usr/lib64/libgjs.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgjs.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gjs
/usr/share/doc/gjs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gjs/README
/usr/share/licenses/gjs
/usr/share/licenses/gjs/COPYING
/usr/bin/gjs
/usr/bin/gjs-console
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/c9ee10ee6dfb52012e9ec6bce0d0b56087a72e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/b508353e709153d76e14e4be9c6d3be11c97d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/585d8be378558c2e9d67270d7a6edcc7a53a95
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/b9ce232c12a642c4bc2657dae9e9599b4c9eaf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/7f0b06042eceaac1efac539508e1c4ad300c7d
/usr/lib/gjs
/usr/lib/gjs/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/gjs/girepository-1.0/GjsPrivate-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/gjs/libgimarshallingtests.so
/usr/lib/gjs/libregress.so
/usr/lib/gjs/libwarnlib.so
/usr/lib/libgjs.so.0
/usr/lib/libgjs.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gjs
/usr/share/doc/gjs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gjs/README
/usr/share/licenses/gjs
/usr/share/licenses/gjs/COPYING

References

Summary

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