How To Install motif on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install motif on Rocky Linux 8. motif is Run-time libraries and programs

Introduction

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

What is `motif`

This is the Motif 2.3.4 run-time environment. It includes the Motif shared libraries, needed to run applications which are dynamically linked against Motif and the Motif Window Manager mwm.

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

Install motif 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 motif using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install motif

Install motif 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 motif using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install motif

How To Uninstall motif on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove motif

motif Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/X11/mwm
/etc/X11/mwm/system.mwmrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/xmbind.sh
/usr/bin/mwm
/usr/bin/xmbind
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_error
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_hour16
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_hour16m
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_hour32
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_hour32m
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_information
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_noenter16
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_noenter16m
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_noenter32
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_noenter32m
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_question
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_warning
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_working
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/70c408c86b30711b63e53ca9a5fde48cc39665
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/4a8b9db161fbb667c164bf231014c9f69ff692
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/032f1e7fd0a0bd81d423f460152b436c05f03d
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/f450261ff381431cdae5ef95c200f093e20986
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/374d18c91908d0386e24836fd8f34eb9fd0145
/usr/lib64/libMrm.so.4
/usr/lib64/libMrm.so.4.0.4
/usr/lib64/libUil.so.4
/usr/lib64/libUil.so.4.0.4
/usr/lib64/libXm.so.4
/usr/lib64/libXm.so.4.0.4
/usr/share/X11/bindings
/usr/share/X11/bindings/acorn
/usr/share/X11/bindings/apollo
/usr/share/X11/bindings/dec
/usr/share/X11/bindings/dg_AViiON
/usr/share/X11/bindings/doubleclick
/usr/share/X11/bindings/hal
/usr/share/X11/bindings/hitachi
/usr/share/X11/bindings/hp
/usr/share/X11/bindings/ibm
/usr/share/X11/bindings/intergraph
/usr/share/X11/bindings/intergraph17
/usr/share/X11/bindings/megatek
/usr/share/X11/bindings/motorola
/usr/share/X11/bindings/ncr_at
/usr/share/X11/bindings/ncr_vt
/usr/share/X11/bindings/pc
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sgi
/usr/share/X11/bindings/siemens_9733
/usr/share/X11/bindings/siemens_wx200
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sni
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sni_97801
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sony
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sun
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sun_at
/usr/share/X11/bindings/tek
/usr/share/X11/bindings/xmbind.alias
/usr/share/doc/motif
/usr/share/doc/motif/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/motif/README
/usr/share/doc/motif/RELEASE
/usr/share/doc/motif/RELNOTES
/usr/share/man/man1/mwm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmbind.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/mwmrc.4.gz
/etc/X11/mwm
/etc/X11/mwm/system.mwmrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/xmbind.sh
/usr/bin/mwm
/usr/bin/xmbind
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_error
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_hour16
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_hour16m
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_hour32
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_hour32m
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_information
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_noenter16
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_noenter16m
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_noenter32
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_noenter32m
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_question
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_warning
/usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xm_working
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/43c1e36499e1ea37cc9e0b004f4a687efdb111
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/a7ed73f87d8a037d24d9e4e5be9ce213fa26e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/c3cc8d25fee13d48118e073886b32cb4b03cd1
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/944160b74d4cfd05e412ff12ef7460f995535e
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/657981438584f15ac1aa093153ed0cb8c1cb7d
/usr/lib/libMrm.so.4
/usr/lib/libMrm.so.4.0.4
/usr/lib/libUil.so.4
/usr/lib/libUil.so.4.0.4
/usr/lib/libXm.so.4
/usr/lib/libXm.so.4.0.4
/usr/share/X11/bindings
/usr/share/X11/bindings/acorn
/usr/share/X11/bindings/apollo
/usr/share/X11/bindings/dec
/usr/share/X11/bindings/dg_AViiON
/usr/share/X11/bindings/doubleclick
/usr/share/X11/bindings/hal
/usr/share/X11/bindings/hitachi
/usr/share/X11/bindings/hp
/usr/share/X11/bindings/ibm
/usr/share/X11/bindings/intergraph
/usr/share/X11/bindings/intergraph17
/usr/share/X11/bindings/megatek
/usr/share/X11/bindings/motorola
/usr/share/X11/bindings/ncr_at
/usr/share/X11/bindings/ncr_vt
/usr/share/X11/bindings/pc
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sgi
/usr/share/X11/bindings/siemens_9733
/usr/share/X11/bindings/siemens_wx200
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sni
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sni_97801
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sony
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sun
/usr/share/X11/bindings/sun_at
/usr/share/X11/bindings/tek
/usr/share/X11/bindings/xmbind.alias
/usr/share/doc/motif
/usr/share/doc/motif/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/motif/README
/usr/share/doc/motif/RELEASE
/usr/share/doc/motif/RELNOTES
/usr/share/man/man1/mwm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmbind.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/mwmrc.4.gz

References

motif website

Summary

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