How To Install libXcomposite-devel on CentOS 8

libXcomposite-devel is Development files for libXcomposite Development files for libXcomposite

Introduction

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

What is libXcomposite-devel

X.Org X11 libXcomposite development package libXcomposite-devel 0.4.4 14.el8 x86_64 22 k libXcomposite-0.4.4-14.el8.src.rpm appstream Development files for libXcomposite http MIT X.Org X11 libXcomposite development package

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

Install libXcomposite-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXcomposite-devel

Install libXcomposite-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXcomposite-devel

How To Uninstall libXcomposite-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXcomposite-devel

libXcomposite-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xcomposite.h
/usr/lib/libXcomposite.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcomposite.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeCreateRegionFromBorderClip.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeGetOverlayWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeNameWindowPixmap.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeRedirectSubwindows.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeRedirectWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeReleaseOverlayWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeUnredirectSubwindows.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeUnredirectWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Xcomposite.3.gz
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xcomposite.h
/usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xcomposite.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeCreateRegionFromBorderClip.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeGetOverlayWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeNameWindowPixmap.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeRedirectSubwindows.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeRedirectWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeReleaseOverlayWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeUnredirectSubwindows.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeUnredirectWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XCompositeVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Xcomposite.3.gz

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Summary

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