How To Install libXau.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXau.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libXau.x86_64 is Sample Authorization Protocol for X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXau.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libXau.x86_64`

This is a very simple mechanism for providing individual access to an X Window System display.It uses existing core protocol and library hooks for specifying authorization data in the connection setup block to restrict use of the display to only those clients that show that they know a server-specific key called a “magic cookie”.

We can use yum to install libXau.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libXau.x86_64.

Install libXau.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libXau.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXau.x86_64

How To Uninstall libXau.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libXau.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libXau.x86_64

libXau.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libXau.so.6
/usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXau-1.0.8
/usr/share/doc/libXau-1.0.8/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXau-1.0.8/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXau-1.0.8/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXau-1.0.8/README

References

libXau.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXau.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.