How To Install wayland-protocols-devel on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wayland-protocols-devel on AlmaLinux 8.
What is wayland-protocols-devel
wayland-protocols contains Wayland protocols that adds functionality not available in the Wayland core protocol. Such protocols either adds completely new functionality, or extends the functionality of some other protocol either in Wayland core, or some other protocol in wayland-protocols.
We can use yum or dnf to install wayland-protocols-devel on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wayland-protocols-devel.
Install wayland-protocols-devel 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 wayland-protocols-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install wayland-protocols-devel
Install wayland-protocols-devel 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 wayland-protocols-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install wayland-protocols-devel
How To Uninstall wayland-protocols-devel on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the wayland-protocols-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove wayland-protocols-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wayland-protocols-devel on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
