How To Install marble on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install marble on Rocky Linux 8.
What is marble
Marble is a Virtual Globe and World Atlas that you can use to learn more about Earth roads. A mouse click on a place label will provide the respective Wikipedia article. Of course it’s also possible to measure distances between locations or watch the current cloud cover. Marble offers different thematic maps style topographic map, a satellite view, street map, earth at night and temperature and precipitation maps. All maps include a custom map key, so it can also be used as an educational tool for use in class-rooms. For educational purposes you can also change date and time and watch how the starry sky and the twilight zone on the map change. In opposite to other virtual globes Marble also features multiple projections
We can use yum or dnf to install marble on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install marble.
Install marble 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 marble using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install marble
Install marble 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 marble using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install marble
How To Uninstall marble on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the marble package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove marble
marble Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/xdg/marble.knsrc
/usr/bin/marble
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/74f8300570322f8281a9335829280abe3d376c
/usr/share/applications/marble_geo.desktop
/usr/share/applications/marble_geojson.desktop
/usr/share/applications/marble_gpx.desktop
/usr/share/applications/marble_kml.desktop
/usr/share/applications/marble_kmz.desktop
/usr/share/applications/marble_shp.desktop
/usr/share/applications/marble_worldwind.desktop
/usr/share/applications/org.kde.marble.desktop
/usr/share/config.kcfg/marble.kcfg
/usr/share/kservices5/marble_thumbnail_geojson.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/marble_thumbnail_gpx.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/marble_thumbnail_kml.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/marble_thumbnail_kmz.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/marble_thumbnail_osm.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/marble_thumbnail_shp.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/plasma-applet-org.kde.plasma.worldclock.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/plasma-runner-marble.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/plasma-wallpaper-org.kde.plasma.worldmap.desktop
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/marble
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/marble/marble_part.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/marble/marbleui.rc
/usr/share/metainfo/org.kde.marble.appdata.xml
/usr/share/metainfo/org.kde.plasma.worldclock.appdata.xml
/usr/share/metainfo/org.kde.plasma.worldmap.appdata.xml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.worldclock
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.worldclock/contents
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.worldclock/contents/config
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.worldclock/contents/config/config.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.worldclock/contents/config/main.xml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.worldclock/contents/ui
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.worldclock/contents/ui/configMapDisplay.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.worldclock/contents/ui/configTimeZones.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.worldclock/contents/ui/main.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.worldclock/metadata.desktop
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.worldclock/metadata.json
/usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/org.kde.plasma.worldmap
/usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/org.kde.plasma.worldmap/contents
/usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/org.kde.plasma.worldmap/contents/config
/usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/org.kde.plasma.worldmap/contents/config/main.xml
/usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/org.kde.plasma.worldmap/contents/ui
/usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/org.kde.plasma.worldmap/contents/ui/config.qml
/usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/org.kde.plasma.worldmap/contents/ui/main.qml
/usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/org.kde.plasma.worldmap/metadata.desktop
/usr/share/plasma/wallpapers/org.kde.plasma.worldmap/metadata.json
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install marble on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.