How To Install xournalpp-plugins on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xournalpp-plugins on Rocky Linux 8. xournalpp-plugins is Default plugin for xournalpp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xournalpp-plugins on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `xournalpp-plugins`

The xournalpp-plugins package contains sample plugins for xournalpp.

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

Install xournalpp-plugins 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 xournalpp-plugins using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xournalpp-plugins

Install xournalpp-plugins 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 xournalpp-plugins using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xournalpp-plugins

How To Uninstall xournalpp-plugins on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xournalpp-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xournalpp-plugins

xournalpp-plugins Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/xournalpp/plugins
/usr/share/xournalpp/plugins/Example
/usr/share/xournalpp/plugins/Example/main.lua
/usr/share/xournalpp/plugins/Example/plugin.ini
/usr/share/xournalpp/plugins/Example/var_dump.lua
/usr/share/xournalpp/plugins/ToggleGrid
/usr/share/xournalpp/plugins/ToggleGrid/plugin.ini
/usr/share/xournalpp/plugins/ToggleGrid/togglegrid.lua

References

xournalpp-plugins website

Summary

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