How To Install xorg-x11-server-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-utils on Rocky Linux 8. xorg-x11-server-utils is X.Org X11 X server utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is xorg-x11-server-utils

A collection of utilities used to tweak and query the runtime configuration of the X server.

We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-server-utils 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-utils.

Install xorg-x11-server-utils 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-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-server-utils

Install xorg-x11-server-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-server-utils

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-server-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-server-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-server-utils

xorg-x11-server-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/iceauth
/usr/bin/sessreg
/usr/bin/showrgb
/usr/bin/xgamma
/usr/bin/xhost
/usr/bin/xinput
/usr/bin/xkill
/usr/bin/xmodmap
/usr/bin/xrandr
/usr/bin/xrdb
/usr/bin/xrefresh
/usr/bin/xset
/usr/bin/xsetpointer
/usr/bin/xsetroot
/usr/bin/xstdcmap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/39cd36aefffa2b8466eacab2aacef2a2fab57c
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/ba7998f793e007ff4a4da9995ee4d89cb45cac
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/963dff59e7eb26a2b7c2f520779642c41d51cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/ebeb57b65c74f2a00ff4cd3cb82c133cac4bfd
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/4982dfb2b743311f705272b0f8ecb0aa4deba0
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/3c3a9e4f98c6c4dac38d591f0939cda2acee65
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/fce8f872ccafaf726086d6a7d92449889c5a93
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/efcff23ba914c3202f320dd3bcf17584c32878
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/42df16773e3dfcb0d133e418263fc013e10401
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/a12e5e6764aec27a705dd59b011f9ffe8e080e
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/228a0f5fd46647a69156306f4c75ff21dfaceb
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/980a7f8ba6bc0bfb8a93bf6613e3b4bc4875ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/058112e13c60f4f9cb02ec1216779eeb95842c
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/1c5c6f055efb29f0538355b8150beb66687bbc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/1c8d7473e24e16bf187b8319c9de781ff85c53
/usr/share/X11/rgb.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/iceauth.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sessreg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/showrgb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xgamma.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xhost.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xinput.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xkill.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmodmap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrandr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrdb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrefresh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xsetpointer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xsetroot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xstdcmap.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-utils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.