How To Install libXcomposite on CentOS 8

libXcomposite is X Composite Extension library X Composite Extension library

Introduction

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

What is libXcomposite

X Composite Extension library libXcomposite 0.4.4 14.el8 x86_64 28 k libXcomposite-0.4.4-14.el8.src.rpm appstream X Composite Extension library http MIT X Composite Extension library

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

Install libXcomposite 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 libXcomposite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXcomposite

Install libXcomposite 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 libXcomposite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXcomposite

How To Uninstall libXcomposite on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXcomposite

libXcomposite Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/4e8fc9b0782453c84869dcf09a20371a6b41d9
/usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/0b3d032b550ec022255d8c20f713701c8c5b49
/usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1
/usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/README

References

Summary

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