How To Install scala-swing on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install scala-swing in AlmaLinux 8. scala-swing is The swing library for the scala programming languages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scala-swing on AlmaLinux 8.

What is scala-swing

This package contains the swing library for the scala programming languages. This library is required to develope GUI-releate applications in scala. The release provided by this package is not the original version from upstream because this version is not compatible with JDK-1.7.

We can use yum or dnf to install scala-swing on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install scala-swing.

Install scala-swing 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 scala-swing using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install scala-swing

Install scala-swing 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 scala-swing using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install scala-swing

How To Uninstall scala-swing on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the scala-swing package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove scala-swing

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install scala-swing on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.