How To Install qt5-qtserialport on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtserialport on Rocky Linux 8. qt5-qtserialport is Qt5 - SerialPort component

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtserialport on Rocky Linux 8.

What is qt5-qtserialport

Qt Serial Port provides the basic functionality, which includes configuring, I/O operations, getting and setting the control signals of the RS-232 pinouts.

We can use yum or dnf to install qt5-qtserialport on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qt5-qtserialport.

Install qt5-qtserialport 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 qt5-qtserialport using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qt5-qtserialport

Install qt5-qtserialport 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 qt5-qtserialport using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qt5-qtserialport

How To Uninstall qt5-qtserialport on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qt5-qtserialport package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qt5-qtserialport

qt5-qtserialport Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/d1a4f508903a020eb208951eaf4c2825348ba5
/usr/lib64/libQt5SerialPort.so.5
/usr/lib64/libQt5SerialPort.so.5.12
/usr/lib64/libQt5SerialPort.so.5.12.5
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport/LICENSE.FDL
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport/LICENSE.GPL2
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport/LICENSE.GPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport/LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport/LICENSE.LGPL3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/92aba50c294f62cdfd70c045d1806b491d1aa1
/usr/lib/libQt5SerialPort.so.5
/usr/lib/libQt5SerialPort.so.5.12
/usr/lib/libQt5SerialPort.so.5.12.5
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport/LICENSE.FDL
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport/LICENSE.GPL2
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport/LICENSE.GPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport/LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtserialport/LICENSE.LGPL3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtserialport on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.