How To Install xorg-x11-apps.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-apps.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. xorg-x11-apps.x86_64 is X.Org X11 applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-apps.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `xorg-x11-apps.x86_64`

A collection of common X Window System applications.

We can use yum to install xorg-x11-apps.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-apps.x86_64.

Install xorg-x11-apps.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 xorg-x11-apps.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-apps.x86_64

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-apps.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-apps.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove xorg-x11-apps.x86_64

xorg-x11-apps.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/luit
/usr/bin/oclock
/usr/bin/x11perf
/usr/bin/x11perfcomp
/usr/bin/xbiff
/usr/bin/xclipboard
/usr/bin/xclock
/usr/bin/xconsole
/usr/bin/xcursorgen
/usr/bin/xcutsel
/usr/bin/xdpr
/usr/bin/xeyes
/usr/bin/xfd
/usr/bin/xfontsel
/usr/bin/xload
/usr/bin/xlogo
/usr/bin/xmag
/usr/bin/xmessage
/usr/bin/xpr
/usr/bin/xvidtune
/usr/bin/xwd
/usr/bin/xwud
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Clock-color
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XClipboard
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XClock
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XClock-color
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XConsole
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XFontSel
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XLoad
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XLogo
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XLogo-color
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xfd
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xmag
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xmessage
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xmessage-color
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xvidtune
/usr/share/X11/x11perfcomp
/usr/share/X11/x11perfcomp/Xmark
/usr/share/X11/x11perfcomp/fillblnk
/usr/share/X11/x11perfcomp/perfboth
/usr/share/X11/x11perfcomp/perfratio
/usr/share/man/man1/Xmark.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/luit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/oclock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x11perf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x11perfcomp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xbiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xclipboard.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xclock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xconsole.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xcursorgen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xcutsel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xdpr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xeyes.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xfd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xfontsel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xload.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xlogo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmag.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmessage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xvidtune.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xwd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xwud.1.gz

References

xorg-x11-apps.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-apps.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.