How To Install libXxf86misc-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXxf86misc-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libXxf86misc-devel is X.Org X11 libXxf86misc development package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXxf86misc-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libXxf86misc-devel

X.Org X11 libXxf86misc development package

We can use yum or dnf to install libXxf86misc-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libXxf86misc-devel.

Install libXxf86misc-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 libXxf86misc-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXxf86misc-devel

Install libXxf86misc-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 libXxf86misc-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXxf86misc-devel

How To Uninstall libXxf86misc-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libXxf86misc-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libXxf86misc-devel

libXxf86misc-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/libXxf86misc.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xxf86misc.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86Misc.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscGetKbdSettings.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscGetMouseSettings.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscGetSaver.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscSetKbdSettings.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscSetMouseSettings.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscSetSaver.3.gz
/usr/lib64/libXxf86misc.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xxf86misc.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86Misc.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscGetKbdSettings.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscGetMouseSettings.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscGetSaver.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscSetKbdSettings.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscSetMouseSettings.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XF86MiscSetSaver.3.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXxf86misc-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.