How To Install libX11-xcb on CentOS 8

libX11-xcb is XCB interop for libX11 XCB interop for libX11

Introduction

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

What is libX11-xcb

libX11/libxcb interoperability library libX11-xcb 1.6.8 4.el8 x86_64 14 k libX11-1.6.8-4.el8.src.rpm appstream XCB interop for libX11 http MIT libX11/libxcb interoperability library

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

Install libX11-xcb 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-xcb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libX11-xcb

Install libX11-xcb 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-xcb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libX11-xcb

How To Uninstall libX11-xcb on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libX11-xcb

libX11-xcb Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/32056e74d152235672d06b02ff3d2f07ebcf07
/usr/lib64/libX11-xcb.so.1
/usr/lib64/libX11-xcb.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/0194814ecf600c4fbc39f4c12966a20470b565
/usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so.1
/usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so.1.0.0

References

Summary

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