How To Install libqmi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqmi on Rocky Linux 8. libqmi is Support library to use the Qualcomm MSM Interface (QMI) protocol

Introduction

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

What is libqmi

This package contains the libraries that make it easier to use QMI functionality from applications that use glib.

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

Install libqmi 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 libqmi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libqmi

Install libqmi 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 libqmi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libqmi

How To Uninstall libqmi on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libqmi

libqmi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/f46603cb1a735cf6659890395033fa1b35f807
/usr/lib64/libqmi-glib.so.5
/usr/lib64/libqmi-glib.so.5.6.0
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/qmicli
/usr/share/doc/libqmi
/usr/share/doc/libqmi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libqmi/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libqmi/README
/usr/share/licenses/libqmi
/usr/share/licenses/libqmi/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/9b9717963f42ca5974acb5c07aad679261b0bd
/usr/lib/libqmi-glib.so.5
/usr/lib/libqmi-glib.so.5.6.0
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/qmicli
/usr/share/doc/libqmi
/usr/share/doc/libqmi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libqmi/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libqmi/README
/usr/share/licenses/libqmi
/usr/share/licenses/libqmi/COPYING

References

Summary

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