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

Introduction

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

What is xorg-x11-utils.x86_64

A collection of client utilities which can be used to query the X server for various information.

We can use yum to install xorg-x11-utils.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-utils.x86_64.

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

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

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

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

sudo yum remove xorg-x11-utils.x86_64

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

/usr/bin/edid-decode
/usr/bin/xdpyinfo
/usr/bin/xev
/usr/bin/xlsatoms
/usr/bin/xlsclients
/usr/bin/xlsfonts
/usr/bin/xprop
/usr/bin/xvinfo
/usr/bin/xwininfo
/usr/share/man/man1/edid-decode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xdpyinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xlsatoms.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xlsclients.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xlsfonts.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xprop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xvinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xwininfo.1.gz

References

• xorg-x11-utils.x86_64 website

Summary

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