How To Install xorg-x11-server-common on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-common on Rocky Linux 8.
What is xorg-x11-server-common
Common files shared among all X servers.
We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-server-common 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-common.
Install xorg-x11-server-common 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-common using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-server-common
Install xorg-x11-server-common 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-common using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-server-common
How To Uninstall xorg-x11-server-common on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the xorg-x11-server-common package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-server-common
xorg-x11-server-common Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib64/xorg/protocol.txt
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-server-common
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-server-common/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/Xserver.1.gz
/var/lib/xkb
/var/lib/xkb/README.compiled
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-common on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
