How To Install libQGLViewer-qt5 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libQGLViewer-qt5 on CentOS 8.
What is libQGLViewer-qt5
libQGLViewer is a C++ library based on Qt that eases the creation of OpenGL 3D viewers. It provides some of the typical 3D viewer functionality, such as the possibility to move the camera using the mouse, which lacks in most of the other APIs. Other features include mouse manipulated frames, interpolated key-frames, object selection, stereo display, screenshot saving and much more. It can be used by OpenGL beginners as well as to create complex applications, being fully customizable and easy to extend.
We can use yum or dnf to install libQGLViewer-qt5 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libQGLViewer-qt5.
Install libQGLViewer-qt5 on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libQGLViewer-qt5 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libQGLViewer-qt5
Install libQGLViewer-qt5 on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libQGLViewer-qt5 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libQGLViewer-qt5
How To Uninstall libQGLViewer-qt5 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libQGLViewer-qt5 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libQGLViewer-qt5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libQGLViewer-qt5 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.