How To Install plasma-sdk on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-sdk in AlmaLinux 8. plasma-sdk is Development tools for Plasma 5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-sdk on AlmaLinux 8.

What is plasma-sdk

Plasma SDK contains the following tools for Plasma-related development - CuttleFish - icon theme browser - EngineExplorer - tool to browse and interact with data engines - PlasmoidViewer - an isolated Plasma environment for testing applets - ThemeExplorer - shows all components of a widget theme

We can use yum or dnf to install plasma-sdk on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install plasma-sdk.

Install plasma-sdk on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install plasma-sdk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plasma-sdk

Install plasma-sdk on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install plasma-sdk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plasma-sdk

How To Uninstall plasma-sdk on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the plasma-sdk package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove plasma-sdk

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-sdk on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.