How To Install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx on Rocky Linux 8.
What is xorg-x11-server-Xdmx
Xdmx is proxy X server that provides multi-head support for multiple displays attached to different machines (each of which is running a typical X server). When Xinerama is used with Xdmx, the multiple displays on multiple machines are presented to the user as a single unified screen. A simple application for Xdmx would be to provide multi-head support using two desktop machines, each of which has a single display device attached to it. A complex application for Xdmx would be to unify a 4 by 4 grid of 1280x1024 displays (each attached to one of 16 computers) into a unified 5120x4096 display.
We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx.
Install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx 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 xorg-x11-server-Xdmx using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx
Install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx 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 xorg-x11-server-Xdmx using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx
How To Uninstall xorg-x11-server-Xdmx on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the xorg-x11-server-Xdmx package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-server-Xdmx
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/Xdmx
/usr/bin/dmxaddinput
/usr/bin/dmxaddscreen
/usr/bin/dmxinfo
/usr/bin/dmxreconfig
/usr/bin/dmxresize
/usr/bin/dmxrminput
/usr/bin/dmxrmscreen
/usr/bin/dmxtodmx
/usr/bin/dmxwininfo
/usr/bin/vdltodmx
/usr/bin/xdmxconfig
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/89a12fbe9bac5287fe1cf63b08775fb7aa6604
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/49fb842ea03f2885788fe380ca4db939698163
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/8301ad7cc4ea7d409abe8f9761c2aeef8bb79c
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/e2b140b43b300eeed121c2dea8216a44b5fa64
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/8d44ccf83911ec3ed4dfa531ec4d25bf191f71
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/d525fa8a6b982cacf148afc941dd34e4bc4d5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/4fc31b58610fc8677a3b2d563447a2ea5d19f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/914e05cf778d26ca50dcb58fd6ac6927705ab2
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/6dd92462547e82457912de30867bff8cd6f3d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/561fd321d19fb9c53a95a05d24f5c901b1963e
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/3592b06a6805f88b820146e3f71f82f104b2f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/abff17ff1abcbe91ee800a0f170f509ffce2d7
/usr/share/man/man1/Xdmx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dmxtodmx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vdltodmx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xdmxconfig.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
