How To Install kf5-kio on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kio on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kio is KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 solution for filesystem abstraction

Introduction

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

What is `kf5-kio`

KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 solution for filesystem abstraction

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

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

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kio

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

sudo yum -y install kf5-kio

How To Uninstall kf5-kio on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kf5-kio

kf5-kio Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/kf5-kio
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kio/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kio
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kio/COPYING.LIB

References

kf5-kio website

Summary

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