How To Install qrencode-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qrencode-libs on Rocky Linux 8. qrencode-libs is QR Code encoding library - Shared libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qrencode-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is qrencode-libs

The qrencode-libs package contains the shared libraries and header files for applications that use qrencode.

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

Install qrencode-libs 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 qrencode-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qrencode-libs

Install qrencode-libs 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 qrencode-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qrencode-libs

How To Uninstall qrencode-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qrencode-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qrencode-libs

qrencode-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/ad13c1f892e5d4394f0294e724a41df9c6bf9b
/usr/lib/libqrencode.so.3
/usr/lib/libqrencode.so.3.4.4
/usr/share/doc/qrencode-libs
/usr/share/doc/qrencode-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/qrencode-libs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/qrencode-libs/README
/usr/share/doc/qrencode-libs/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/qrencode-libs
/usr/share/licenses/qrencode-libs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/c8206ff6e70e74309fe74b2b7cc29d2a17ab97
/usr/lib64/libqrencode.so.3
/usr/lib64/libqrencode.so.3.4.4
/usr/share/doc/qrencode-libs
/usr/share/doc/qrencode-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/qrencode-libs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/qrencode-libs/README
/usr/share/doc/qrencode-libs/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/qrencode-libs
/usr/share/licenses/qrencode-libs/COPYING

References

Summary

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