How To Install kwin-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-devel on Rocky Linux 8. kwin-devel is Development files for kwin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is kwin-devel

The kwin-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use kwin.

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

Install kwin-devel 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 kwin-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kwin-devel

Install kwin-devel 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 kwin-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kwin-devel

How To Uninstall kwin-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kwin-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kwin-devel

kwin-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/kwin_export.h
/usr/include/kwinanimationeffect.h
/usr/include/kwinconfig.h
/usr/include/kwineffectquickview.h
/usr/include/kwineffects.h
/usr/include/kwineffects_export.h
/usr/include/kwinglobals.h
/usr/include/kwinglplatform.h
/usr/include/kwingltexture.h
/usr/include/kwinglutils.h
/usr/include/kwinglutils_export.h
/usr/include/kwinglutils_funcs.h
/usr/include/kwinxrenderutils.h
/usr/include/kwinxrenderutils_export.h
/usr/lib64/cmake/KWinDBusInterface
/usr/lib64/cmake/KWinDBusInterface/KWinDBusInterfaceConfig.cmake
/usr/lib64/libkwin4_effect_builtins.so
/usr/lib64/libkwineffects.so
/usr/lib64/libkwinglutils.so
/usr/lib64/libkwinxrenderutils.so
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.kde.KWin.VirtualDesktopManager.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.kde.KWin.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.kde.kwin.ColorCorrect.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.kde.kwin.Compositing.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.kde.kwin.Effects.xml

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Summary

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