How To Install qtlockedfile-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtlockedfile-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8. qtlockedfile-qt5 is QFile extension with advisory locking functions (Qt5)

Introduction

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

What is `qtlockedfile-qt5`

This class extends the QFile class with inter-process file locking capabilities. If an application requires that several processes should access the same file, QtLockedFile can be used to easily ensure that only one process at a time is writing to the file, and that no process is writing to it while others are reading it. This is a special build against Qt5.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install qtlockedfile-qt5

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

sudo yum -y install qtlockedfile-qt5

How To Uninstall qtlockedfile-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove qtlockedfile-qt5

qtlockedfile-qt5 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/af981261dee8eb040806e631d183f860ecd445
/usr/lib64/libQt5Solutions_LockedFile-2.4.so.1
/usr/lib64/libQt5Solutions_LockedFile-2.4.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libQt5Solutions_LockedFile-2.4.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/qtlockedfile-qt5
/usr/share/doc/qtlockedfile-qt5/README.TXT
/usr/share/licenses/qtlockedfile-qt5
/usr/share/licenses/qtlockedfile-qt5/LGPL_EXCEPTION
/usr/share/licenses/qtlockedfile-qt5/LICENSE.GPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qtlockedfile-qt5/LICENSE.LGPL

References

qtlockedfile-qt5 website

Summary

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