How To Install libxkbcommon-x11-devel on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-x11-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libxkbcommon-x11-devel

X.Org X11 XKB keymap creation library development package

We can use yum or dnf to install libxkbcommon-x11-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxkbcommon-x11-devel.

Install libxkbcommon-x11-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 libxkbcommon-x11-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxkbcommon-x11-devel

Install libxkbcommon-x11-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 libxkbcommon-x11-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxkbcommon-x11-devel

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon-x11-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libxkbcommon-x11-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libxkbcommon-x11-devel

libxkbcommon-x11-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-x11.h
/usr/lib/libxkbcommon-x11.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xkbcommon-x11.pc
/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-x11.h
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon-x11.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xkbcommon-x11.pc

References

• libxkbcommon-x11-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-x11-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.