How To Install libgdata on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata on Rocky Linux 8. libgdata is Library for the GData protocol

Introduction

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

What is `libgdata`

libgdata is a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol — most notably, Google’s services. It provides APIs to access the common Google services, and has full asynchronous support.

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

Install libgdata 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 libgdata using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgdata

Install libgdata 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 libgdata using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgdata

How To Uninstall libgdata on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libgdata

libgdata Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/2f69f78a4e1ff9bcddabd2ba05b570312a1200
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GData-0.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libgdata.so.22
/usr/lib/libgdata.so.22.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libgdata
/usr/share/doc/libgdata/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgdata/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libgdata/README
/usr/share/licenses/libgdata
/usr/share/licenses/libgdata/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/5a14eebfc6d45f20a24684483ed4ae9323b5c9
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GData-0.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgdata.so.22
/usr/lib64/libgdata.so.22.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libgdata
/usr/share/doc/libgdata/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgdata/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libgdata/README
/usr/share/licenses/libgdata
/usr/share/licenses/libgdata/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gdata.mo

References

libgdata website

Summary

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