How To Install xcb-util-cursor on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcb-util-cursor on Rocky Linux 8. xcb-util-cursor is Cursor library on top of libxcb

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcb-util-cursor on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `xcb-util-cursor`

XCB util-cursor module provides the following libraries - cursor

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

Install xcb-util-cursor 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 xcb-util-cursor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xcb-util-cursor

Install xcb-util-cursor 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 xcb-util-cursor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xcb-util-cursor

How To Uninstall xcb-util-cursor on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xcb-util-cursor package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xcb-util-cursor

xcb-util-cursor Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/dd3f31596249633f9f09c718bce5a9ffb15bba
/usr/lib64/libxcb-cursor.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-cursor.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-cursor
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-cursor/README
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-cursor
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-cursor/COPYING

References

xcb-util-cursor website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcb-util-cursor on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.