How To Install libXv on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `libXv`

X.Org X11 libXv runtime library

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

Install libXv 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 libXv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXv

Install libXv 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 libXv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXv

How To Uninstall libXv on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXv

libXv Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/664f4cdf585dfd4274e5c46e834148ca9690fc
/usr/lib/libXv.so.1
/usr/lib/libXv.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXv
/usr/share/doc/libXv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXv/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/2b8eb7911aadae3dc02d3e43ff90c7c2e854b7
/usr/lib64/libXv.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXv.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXv
/usr/share/doc/libXv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXv/COPYING

References

libXv website

Summary

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