How To Install libXcursor on CentOS 8

libXcursor is Cursor management library Cursor management library

Introduction

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

What is libXcursor

This is a simple library designed to help locate and load cursors. Cursors can be loaded from files or memory. A library of common cursors exists which map to the standard X cursor names.Cursors can exist in several sizes and the library automatically picks the best size. libXcursor 1.1.15 3.el8 x86_64 36 k libXcursor-1.1.15-3.el8.src.rpm appstream Cursor management library http MIT This is a simple library designed to help locate and load cursors. Cursors can be loaded from files or memory. A library of common cursors exists which map to the standard X cursor names.Cursors can exist in several sizes and the library automatically picks the best size.

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

Install libXcursor 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 libXcursor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXcursor

Install libXcursor 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 libXcursor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXcursor

How To Uninstall libXcursor on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXcursor

libXcursor Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/8ecb6e1abde61436f0050b8d8a29b519ec7402
/usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1
/usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/README
/usr/share/icons/default
/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/48fc4ba79cd7c90a45ddb24b1b6b57a2ae0344
/usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/README
/usr/share/icons/default
/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme

References

Summary

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