How To Install libXrandr on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXrandr on Rocky Linux 8. libXrandr is X.Org X11 libXrandr runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXrandr on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libXrandr`

X.Org X11 libXrandr runtime library

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

Install libXrandr 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 libXrandr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXrandr

Install libXrandr 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 libXrandr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXrandr

How To Uninstall libXrandr on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libXrandr package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libXrandr

libXrandr Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/ca6a54cede00d3dc2044f8b71b6562e7a3ca8d
/usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2
/usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libXrandr
/usr/share/doc/libXrandr/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXrandr/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/58be1dbf8aa67f70d48ea19a2ec72f736bbcdb
/usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2
/usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libXrandr
/usr/share/doc/libXrandr/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXrandr/COPYING

References

libXrandr website

Summary

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