How To Install xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64
X.org X11 is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low level functionality which full fledged graphical user interfaces (GUIs) such as GNOME and KDE are designed upon. Requires(preun) Requires(post) Requires(postun)
We can use yum to install xorg-x11-server-Xorg.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-server-Xorg.x86_64.
Install xorg-x11-server-Xorg.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-server-Xorg.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64
How To Uninstall xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
/etc/pam.d/xserver
/etc/security/console.apps/xserver
/usr/bin/X
/usr/bin/Xorg
/usr/bin/cvt
/usr/bin/gtf
/usr/lib64/xorg
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so.Xorg
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libexa.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libint10.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libshadow.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libshadowfb.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-quirks.conf
/usr/share/man/man1/Xorg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cvt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gtf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/exa.4.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/fbdevhw.4.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/modesetting.4.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.d.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.