How To Install libwnck3 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck3 on Rocky Linux 8. libwnck3 is Window Navigator Construction Kit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck3 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libwnck3`

libwnck (pronounced “libwink”) is used to implement pagers, tasklists, and other such things. It allows applications to monitor information about open windows, workspaces, their names/icons, and so forth.

We can use yum or dnf to install libwnck3 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libwnck3.

Install libwnck3 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 libwnck3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwnck3

Install libwnck3 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 libwnck3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwnck3

How To Uninstall libwnck3 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libwnck3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libwnck3

libwnck3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/wnck-urgency-monitor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/66f07fd8c5bc10dfc11f564e1dbca1efb26d84
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/101e53cfa06609f8201bf646ca1c2d7fc44e90
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Wnck-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libwnck-3.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwnck-3.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/README
/usr/share/licenses/libwnck3
/usr/share/licenses/libwnck3/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fy/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/li/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/bin/wnck-urgency-monitor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/c7e77c015c13a1fadc55d18ba910afa7329d87
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/9e36141058aa7030370981ae215f76514540b4
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Wnck-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libwnck-3.so.0
/usr/lib/libwnck-3.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/README
/usr/share/licenses/libwnck3
/usr/share/licenses/libwnck3/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fy/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/li/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo

References

libwnck3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck3 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.