How To Install libxcb.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libxcb.x86_64 is A C binding to the X11 protocol

Introduction

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

What is `libxcb.x86_64`

The X protocol C-language Binding (XCB) is a replacement for Xlib featuring a small footprint, latency hiding, direct access to the protocol, improved threading support, and extensibility.

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

Install libxcb.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 libxcb.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxcb.x86_64

How To Uninstall libxcb.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libxcb.x86_64

libxcb.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libxcb-composite.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-composite.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-damage.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-damage.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-dpms.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-dpms.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-dri2.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-dri2.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-dri3.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-dri3.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-glx.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-glx.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-present.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-present.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-randr.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-randr.so.0.1.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-record.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-record.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-render.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-res.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-res.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-screensaver.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-screensaver.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-shape.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-shape.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-shm.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-shm.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-sync.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxcb-sync.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xevie.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xevie.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xf86dri.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xf86dri.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xfixes.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xfixes.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xinerama.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xinerama.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xinput.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xinput.so.0.1.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xkb.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xkb.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xselinux.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xselinux.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xtest.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xtest.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xv.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xv.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xvmc.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-xvmc.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.1.0

References

libxcb.x86_64 website

Summary

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