How To Install libXcomposite-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libXcomposite-devel

X.Org X11 libXcomposite development package

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libXcomposite-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libXcomposite-devel

How To Uninstall libXcomposite-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXcomposite-devel

libXcomposite-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xcomposite.h
/usr/lib/libXcomposite.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcomposite.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeCreateRegionFromBorderClip.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeGetOverlayWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeNameWindowPixmap.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeRedirectSubwindows.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeRedirectWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeReleaseOverlayWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeUnredirectSubwindows.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeUnredirectWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Xcomposite.3.gz
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xcomposite.h
/usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xcomposite.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeCreateRegionFromBorderClip.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeGetOverlayWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeNameWindowPixmap.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeRedirectSubwindows.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeRedirectWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeReleaseOverlayWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeUnredirectSubwindows.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeUnredirectWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Xcomposite.3.gz

References

Summary

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