How To Install libX11 on CentOS 8

libX11 is Core X11 protocol client library Core X11 protocol client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libX11 on CentOS 8.

What is libX11

Core X11 protocol client library. libX11 1.6.8 4.el8 x86_64 611 k libX11-1.6.8-4.el8.src.rpm appstream Core X11 protocol client library http MIT Core X11 protocol client library.

We can use yum or dnf to install libX11 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libX11.

Install libX11 on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libX11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libX11

Install libX11 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libX11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libX11

How To Uninstall libX11 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libX11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libX11

libX11 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/372bc31cd5489250caaca94cc04a5990f35471
/usr/lib64/libX11.so.6
/usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.3.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/cd04752d14c8515f3eb29f2eaccccac5a79466
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6.3.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libX11 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.