How To Install kf5-kidletime on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kidletime on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kidletime is KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 1 integration module for idle time detection

Introduction

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

What is `kf5-kidletime`

KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 1 integration module for idle time detection.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kidletime

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

sudo yum -y install kf5-kidletime

How To Uninstall kf5-kidletime on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kf5-kidletime

kf5-kidletime Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/3ef81e5aa2dc8d7cfdb463ed2b54e9f48eb422
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/af060cce6e3d2be766264693eb2a8e92f3de68
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/c119138c2f47f05884f72c41d18b5094541f94
/usr/lib64/libKF5IdleTime.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5IdleTime.so.5.68.0
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/org.kde.kidletime.platforms
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/org.kde.kidletime.platforms/KF5IdleTimeXcbPlugin0.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/org.kde.kidletime.platforms/KF5IdleTimeXcbPlugin1.so
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kidletime
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kidletime/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kidletime
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kidletime/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kidletime/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/qlogging-categories5/kidletime.categories

References

kf5-kidletime website

Summary

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