How To Install mesa-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8. mesa-filesystem is Mesa driver filesystem

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mesa-filesystem`

Mesa driver filesystem.

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

Install mesa-filesystem 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 mesa-filesystem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mesa-filesystem

Install mesa-filesystem 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 mesa-filesystem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mesa-filesystem

How To Uninstall mesa-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mesa-filesystem package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mesa-filesystem

mesa-filesystem Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/dri
/usr/lib/vdpau
/usr/share/doc/mesa-filesystem
/usr/share/doc/mesa-filesystem/Mesa-MLAA-License-Clarification-Email.txt
/usr/lib64/dri
/usr/lib64/vdpau
/usr/share/doc/mesa-filesystem
/usr/share/doc/mesa-filesystem/Mesa-MLAA-License-Clarification-Email.txt

References

mesa-filesystem website

Summary

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