How To Install kio-extras-info on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-extras-info on Rocky Linux 8. kio-extras-info is Info kioslave

Introduction

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

What is kio-extras-info

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

Install kio-extras-info 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 kio-extras-info using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kio-extras-info

Install kio-extras-info 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 kio-extras-info using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kio-extras-info

How To Uninstall kio-extras-info on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kio-extras-info

kio-extras-info Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/c0a1c972fe93e931135589d4950718265596ab
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/info.so
/usr/share/kio_info
/usr/share/kio_info/kde-info2html
/usr/share/kio_info/kde-info2html.conf

References

Summary

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