How To Install libgxim on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgxim on Rocky Linux 8. libgxim is GObject-based XIM protocol library

Introduction

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

What is `libgxim`

libgxim is a X Input Method protocol library that is implemented by GObject. this library helps you to implement XIM servers or client applications to communicate through XIM protocol without using Xlib API directly, particularly if your application uses GObject-based main loop. This package contains the shared library.

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

Install libgxim 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 libgxim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgxim

Install libgxim 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 libgxim using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgxim

How To Uninstall libgxim on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libgxim

libgxim Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/5159dba8cf4f0b38eef0b21528506310789f05
/usr/lib64/libgxim.so.4
/usr/lib64/libgxim.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgxim
/usr/share/doc/libgxim/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgxim/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libgxim/README
/usr/share/licenses/libgxim
/usr/share/licenses/libgxim/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo

References

libgxim website

Summary

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