How To Install qtsingleapplication-qt5 on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtsingleapplication-qt5 on AlmaLinux 8.
What is qtsingleapplication-qt5
For some applications it is useful or even critical that they are started only once by any user. Future attempts to start the application should activate any already running instance, and possibly perform requested actions, e.g. loading a file, in that instance. This is a special build against Qt5.
We can use yum or dnf to install qtsingleapplication-qt5 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qtsingleapplication-qt5.
Install qtsingleapplication-qt5 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 qtsingleapplication-qt5 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install qtsingleapplication-qt5
Install qtsingleapplication-qt5 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 qtsingleapplication-qt5 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install qtsingleapplication-qt5
How To Uninstall qtsingleapplication-qt5 on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the qtsingleapplication-qt5 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove qtsingleapplication-qt5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtsingleapplication-qt5 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
