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

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcb-util-wm on Rocky Linux 8. xcb-util-wm is Client and window-manager helper library on top of libxcb

Introduction

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

What is `xcb-util-wm`

XCB util-wm module provides the following libraries - ewmh - icccm

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

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

sudo dnf -y install xcb-util-wm

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

sudo yum -y install xcb-util-wm

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

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

sudo dnf remove xcb-util-wm

xcb-util-wm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/629e0310705035df1aa32e4f8cab0a21b1cbac
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/3e35cd933d210fcefc52033e99344ba258a987
/usr/lib/libxcb-ewmh.so.2
/usr/lib/libxcb-ewmh.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libxcb-icccm.so.4
/usr/lib/libxcb-icccm.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-wm
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-wm/README
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-wm
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-wm/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/3a66631cf52714b169787af3854a8410e6c306
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/f5c570126816ff7237bfff789c5f6e51628ea7
/usr/lib64/libxcb-ewmh.so.2
/usr/lib64/libxcb-ewmh.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-icccm.so.4
/usr/lib64/libxcb-icccm.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-wm
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-wm/README
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-wm
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-wm/COPYING

References

xcb-util-wm website

Summary

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