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

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcb-util-keysyms on Rocky Linux 8. xcb-util-keysyms is Standard X key constants and keycodes conversion on top of libxcb

Introduction

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

What is `xcb-util-keysyms`

XCB util-keysyms module provides the following library - keysyms

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

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

sudo dnf -y install xcb-util-keysyms

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

sudo yum -y install xcb-util-keysyms

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

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

sudo dnf remove xcb-util-keysyms

xcb-util-keysyms Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/dcb9b65db813cc5f02cdf2995bbfb76ff3bf0d
/usr/lib64/libxcb-keysyms.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxcb-keysyms.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-keysyms
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-keysyms/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/d5fc3d9c7f16046889420f8c5513310b2be7af
/usr/lib/libxcb-keysyms.so.1
/usr/lib/libxcb-keysyms.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-keysyms
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-keysyms/README

References

xcb-util-keysyms website

Summary

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