How To Install wayland-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install wayland-devel on Rocky Linux 8. wayland-devel is Development files for wayland

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wayland-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is wayland-devel

The wayland-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use wayland.

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

Install wayland-devel 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 wayland-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wayland-devel

Install wayland-devel 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 wayland-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wayland-devel

How To Uninstall wayland-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the wayland-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wayland-devel

wayland-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/wayland-scanner
/usr/include/wayland-client-core.h
/usr/include/wayland-client-protocol.h
/usr/include/wayland-client.h
/usr/include/wayland-cursor.h
/usr/include/wayland-egl-backend.h
/usr/include/wayland-egl-core.h
/usr/include/wayland-egl.h
/usr/include/wayland-server-core.h
/usr/include/wayland-server-protocol.h
/usr/include/wayland-server.h
/usr/include/wayland-util.h
/usr/include/wayland-version.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/86050e65082a89b34f3bab4ce2375bd9ca155a
/usr/lib/libwayland-client.so
/usr/lib/libwayland-cursor.so
/usr/lib/libwayland-egl.so
/usr/lib/libwayland-server.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/wayland-client.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/wayland-cursor.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/wayland-egl-backend.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/wayland-egl.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/wayland-scanner.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/wayland-server.pc
/usr/share/aclocal/wayland-scanner.m4
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_argument.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_array.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_client.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_display.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_display_connect.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_display_connect_to_fd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_event_loop.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_event_queue.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_event_source.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_global.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_interface.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_list.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_listener.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_message.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_object.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_protocol_logger.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_protocol_logger_message.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_proxy.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_resource.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_resource_iterator_context.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_shm_buffer.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_shm_pool.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_shm_sigbus_data.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_signal.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_socket.3.gz
/usr/share/wayland
/usr/share/wayland/wayland-scanner.mk
/usr/share/wayland/wayland.dtd
/usr/share/wayland/wayland.xml
/usr/bin/wayland-scanner
/usr/include/wayland-client-core.h
/usr/include/wayland-client-protocol.h
/usr/include/wayland-client.h
/usr/include/wayland-cursor.h
/usr/include/wayland-egl-backend.h
/usr/include/wayland-egl-core.h
/usr/include/wayland-egl.h
/usr/include/wayland-server-core.h
/usr/include/wayland-server-protocol.h
/usr/include/wayland-server.h
/usr/include/wayland-util.h
/usr/include/wayland-version.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/6bca87e378c497e86c5805ae51da2a303e4419
/usr/lib64/libwayland-client.so
/usr/lib64/libwayland-cursor.so
/usr/lib64/libwayland-egl.so
/usr/lib64/libwayland-server.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/wayland-client.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/wayland-cursor.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/wayland-egl-backend.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/wayland-egl.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/wayland-scanner.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/wayland-server.pc
/usr/share/aclocal/wayland-scanner.m4
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_argument.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_array.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_client.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_display.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_display_connect.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_display_connect_to_fd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_event_loop.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_event_queue.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_event_source.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_global.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_interface.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_list.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_listener.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_message.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_object.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_protocol_logger.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_protocol_logger_message.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_proxy.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_resource.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_resource_iterator_context.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_shm_buffer.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_shm_pool.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_shm_sigbus_data.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_signal.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/wl_socket.3.gz
/usr/share/wayland
/usr/share/wayland/wayland-scanner.mk
/usr/share/wayland/wayland.dtd
/usr/share/wayland/wayland.xml

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Summary

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