How To Install kf5-kdesu on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kdesu on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kdesu is KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 integration with su

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kdesu on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `kf5-kdesu`

KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 integration with su for elevated privileges.

We can use yum or dnf to install kf5-kdesu on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kf5-kdesu.

Install kf5-kdesu 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 kf5-kdesu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kdesu

Install kf5-kdesu 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 kf5-kdesu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kf5-kdesu

How To Uninstall kf5-kdesu on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kf5-kdesu package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kf5-kdesu

kf5-kdesu Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/e66703aa0c0aa4596a2ef937de15b7501dbeee
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/c44d5acf5ea8cf9f1db08d68fa6c1fda904222
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/b79f06279507554f46627dcff933fe47e743e4
/usr/lib64/libKF5Su.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5Su.so.5.68.0
/usr/libexec/kf5/kdesu_stub
/usr/libexec/kf5/kdesud
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kdesu
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kdesu/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kdesu
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kdesu/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/se/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/kdesud5.mo

References

kf5-kdesu website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kdesu on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.