How To Install kf5-solid on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-solid on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-solid is KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 1 integration module that provides hardware information

Introduction

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

What is `kf5-solid`

Solid provides the following features for application developers - Hardware Discovery - Power Management - Network Management

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

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

sudo dnf -y install kf5-solid

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

sudo yum -y install kf5-solid

How To Uninstall kf5-solid on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kf5-solid

kf5-solid Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/solid-hardware5
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/ee11434310a25a892ea1fec1afd58564e2993d
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/9c63bd01f0c14cb5dbb4c83447f613341d2b7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/b04a8d735e3632fb5b8fc3b96755542e82b888
/usr/lib64/libKF5Solid.so.5
/usr/lib64/libKF5Solid.so.5.68.0
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/kde/solid
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/kde/solid/libsolidextensionplugin.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/kde/solid/qmldir
/usr/share/doc/kf5-solid
/usr/share/doc/kf5-solid/README.md
/usr/share/doc/kf5-solid/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-solid
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-solid/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/se/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/solid5_qt.qm
/usr/share/qlogging-categories5/solid.categories

References

kf5-solid website

Summary

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