How To Install startup-notification on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install startup-notification on Rocky Linux 8. startup-notification is Library for tracking application startup

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install startup-notification on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `startup-notification`

This package contains libstartup-notification which implements a startup notification protocol. Using this protocol a desktop environment can track the launch of an application and provide feedback such as a busy cursor, among other features.

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

Install startup-notification 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 startup-notification using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install startup-notification

Install startup-notification 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 startup-notification using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install startup-notification

How To Uninstall startup-notification on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the startup-notification package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove startup-notification

startup-notification Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/9e36a818b69ed0d53853ea56c50e6ee469e4d6
/usr/lib64/libstartup-notification-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libstartup-notification-1.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification/startup-notification.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/243b2845d63703855d33192dc40b17eedf6f64
/usr/lib/libstartup-notification-1.so.0
/usr/lib/libstartup-notification-1.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/startup-notification/startup-notification.txt

References

startup-notification website

Summary

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