How To Install lightdm-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8. lightdm-qt5 is LightDM Qt5 client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `lightdm-qt5`

This package contains a Qt5-based library for LightDM clients to use to interface with LightDM.

We can use yum or dnf to install lightdm-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lightdm-qt5.

Install lightdm-qt5 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-qt5 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lightdm-qt5

Install lightdm-qt5 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-qt5 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lightdm-qt5

How To Uninstall lightdm-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the lightdm-qt5 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lightdm-qt5

lightdm-qt5 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/f8582d8e8e2372b1d235c96c7d6cc9b11672ca
/usr/lib64/liblightdm-qt5-3.so.0
/usr/lib64/liblightdm-qt5-3.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/lightdm-qt5
/usr/share/licenses/lightdm-qt5/COPYING.LGPL2
/usr/share/licenses/lightdm-qt5/COPYING.LGPL3

References

lightdm-qt5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.