How To Install libxkbcommon-x11 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-x11 on Rocky Linux 8. libxkbcommon-x11 is X.Org X11 XKB keymap creation library

Introduction

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

What is libxkbcommon-x11

libxkbcommon-x11 is the X.Org library for creating keymaps by querying the X server.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libxkbcommon-x11

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

sudo yum -y install libxkbcommon-x11

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon-x11 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libxkbcommon-x11

libxkbcommon-x11 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/4b1a802cac98e7225408f34e2a921e0dadd308
/usr/lib/libxkbcommon-x11.so.0
/usr/lib/libxkbcommon-x11.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/d6f2c5e708f7e79244e159d326bffa468dad08
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon-x11.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon-x11.so.0.0.0

References

Summary

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