How To Install libX11-xcb on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libX11-xcb on Rocky Linux 8. libX11-xcb is XCB interop for libX11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libX11-xcb on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libX11-xcb`

libX11/libxcb interoperability library

We can use yum or dnf to install libX11-xcb on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libX11-xcb.

Install libX11-xcb 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 libX11-xcb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libX11-xcb

Install libX11-xcb 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 libX11-xcb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libX11-xcb

How To Uninstall libX11-xcb on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libX11-xcb package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libX11-xcb

libX11-xcb Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/b9ed5d8c75ac51f2801c64feea273cbee66f28
/usr/lib64/libX11-xcb.so.1
/usr/lib64/libX11-xcb.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/3b1bafc884c7b0fd8ba3e0a6f92a6de45895a3
/usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so.1
/usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so.1.0.0

References

libX11-xcb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libX11-xcb on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.