How To Install qt5ct on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5ct on Rocky Linux 8. qt5ct is Qt5 Configuration Tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5ct on Rocky Linux 8.

What is qt5ct

qt5ct allows users to configure Qt5 settings (theme, font, icons, etc.) under DE/WM without Qt integration.

We can use yum or dnf to install qt5ct on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qt5ct.

Install qt5ct 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 qt5ct using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qt5ct

Install qt5ct 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 qt5ct using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qt5ct

How To Uninstall qt5ct on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qt5ct package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qt5ct

qt5ct Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/qt5ct
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/f3a57eed7024c18292401b69491ac4de1ebb62
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/314b3a00cd7673ce1e5ffc76650eb7ec62f613
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/930bd0f119825de14add13ed6182339299fe7d
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/platformthemes/libqt5ct.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/styles/libqt5ct-style.so
/usr/share/applications/qt5ct.desktop
/usr/share/doc/qt5ct
/usr/share/doc/qt5ct/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/qt5ct/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/qt5ct/README
/usr/share/licenses/qt5ct
/usr/share/licenses/qt5ct/COPYING
/usr/share/qt5ct/colors
/usr/share/qt5ct/colors/airy.conf
/usr/share/qt5ct/colors/darker.conf
/usr/share/qt5ct/colors/dusk.conf
/usr/share/qt5ct/colors/sand.conf
/usr/share/qt5ct/colors/simple.conf
/usr/share/qt5ct/colors/waves.conf
/usr/share/qt5ct/qss
/usr/share/qt5ct/qss/fusion-fixes.qss
/usr/share/qt5ct/qss/scrollbar-simple.qss
/usr/share/qt5ct/qss/sliders-simple.qss
/usr/share/qt5ct/qss/tooltip-simple.qss
/usr/share/qt5ct/qss/traynotification-simple.qss
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_ar.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_bg.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_ca.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_cs.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_da.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_de.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_el.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_en.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_es.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_es_ES.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_fi.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_fr.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_gl_ES.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_he.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_hu.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_it.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_it_IT.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_ja.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_kk.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_lt.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_nl.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_nl_NL.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_pl.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_pt.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_pt_BR.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_ru.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_sk.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_sr.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_sr_BA.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_sr_RS.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_tr.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_uk.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_uk_UA.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_zh_CN.qm
/usr/share/qt5ct/translations/qt5ct_zh_TW.qm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5ct on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.