How To Install libXfixes-devel on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is libXfixes-devel

libXfixes development package

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libXfixes-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libXfixes-devel

How To Uninstall libXfixes-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXfixes-devel

libXfixes-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xfixes.h
/usr/lib/libXfixes.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xfixes.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/Xfixes.3.gz
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xfixes.h
/usr/lib64/libXfixes.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xfixes.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/Xfixes.3.gz

References

• libXfixes-devel website

Summary

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