How To Install lightdm-gobject on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-gobject on Rocky Linux 8. lightdm-gobject is LightDM GObject client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-gobject on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `lightdm-gobject`

This package contains a GObject based library for LightDM clients to use to interface with LightDM.

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

Install lightdm-gobject 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 lightdm-gobject using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lightdm-gobject

Install lightdm-gobject 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 lightdm-gobject using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lightdm-gobject

How To Uninstall lightdm-gobject on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the lightdm-gobject package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lightdm-gobject

lightdm-gobject Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/871440375ee3dfb077fcf1d5b5d13ac9c7107a
/usr/lib64/liblightdm-gobject-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/liblightdm-gobject-1.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/lightdm-gobject
/usr/share/licenses/lightdm-gobject/COPYING.LGPL2
/usr/share/licenses/lightdm-gobject/COPYING.LGPL3

References

lightdm-gobject website

Summary

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