How To Install libchamplain on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchamplain on Rocky Linux 8. libchamplain is Map view for Clutter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchamplain on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libchamplain

Libchamplain is a C library aimed to provide a ClutterActor to display rasterized maps.

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

Install libchamplain 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 libchamplain using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libchamplain

Install libchamplain 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 libchamplain using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libchamplain

How To Uninstall libchamplain on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libchamplain package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libchamplain

libchamplain Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/e04b2665dc418a213ae8cabefe994590370d08
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Champlain-0.12.typelib
/usr/lib/libchamplain-0.12.so.0
/usr/lib/libchamplain-0.12.so.0.10.0
/usr/share/doc/libchamplain
/usr/share/doc/libchamplain/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libchamplain/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libchamplain/README
/usr/share/licenses/libchamplain
/usr/share/licenses/libchamplain/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/b8516a85b174550b321a2bdc2154fd4393d8bf
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Champlain-0.12.typelib
/usr/lib64/libchamplain-0.12.so.0
/usr/lib64/libchamplain-0.12.so.0.10.0
/usr/share/doc/libchamplain
/usr/share/doc/libchamplain/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libchamplain/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libchamplain/README
/usr/share/licenses/libchamplain
/usr/share/licenses/libchamplain/COPYING

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Summary

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