How To Install libXxf86misc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXxf86misc on Rocky Linux 8. libXxf86misc is X.Org X11 libXxf86misc runtime library

Introduction

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

What is libXxf86misc

X.Org X11 libXxf86misc runtime library

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

Install libXxf86misc 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXxf86misc

Install libXxf86misc 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXxf86misc

How To Uninstall libXxf86misc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXxf86misc

libXxf86misc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/90c512f9e0c13795a07ab1c59a6973821d719b
/usr/lib64/libXxf86misc.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86misc
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86misc/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86misc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86misc/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/d76498b99d5bd3641974b987b0d4fbdf8c8a49
/usr/lib/libXxf86misc.so.1
/usr/lib/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86misc
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86misc/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86misc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86misc/README

References

Summary

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