How To Install libglvnd-egl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglvnd-egl on Rocky Linux 8. libglvnd-egl is EGL support for libglvnd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglvnd-egl on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libglvnd-egl

libEGL are the common dispatch interface for the EGL API.

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

Install libglvnd-egl 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 libglvnd-egl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libglvnd-egl

Install libglvnd-egl 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 libglvnd-egl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libglvnd-egl

How To Uninstall libglvnd-egl on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libglvnd-egl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libglvnd-egl

libglvnd-egl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/egl
/etc/egl/egl_external_platform.d
/etc/glvnd/egl_vendor.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/86c4f60e6fd133cf32299ce7fd8b3a93a420cf
/usr/lib64/libEGL.so.1
/usr/lib64/libEGL.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/egl
/usr/share/egl/egl_external_platform.d
/usr/share/glvnd/egl_vendor.d
/etc/egl
/etc/egl/egl_external_platform.d
/etc/glvnd/egl_vendor.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/648dc47e23babde988e91b221aee458e81e0c5
/usr/lib/libEGL.so.1
/usr/lib/libEGL.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/egl
/usr/share/egl/egl_external_platform.d
/usr/share/glvnd/egl_vendor.d

References

Summary

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