How To Install libXcursor-devel on CentOS 8

libXcursor-devel is Development files for libXcursor Development files for libXcursor

Introduction

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

What is libXcursor-devel

libXcursor development package. libXcursor-devel 1.1.15 3.el8 x86_64 29 k libXcursor-1.1.15-3.el8.src.rpm appstream Development files for libXcursor http MIT libXcursor development package.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libXcursor-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libXcursor-devel

How To Uninstall libXcursor-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXcursor-devel

libXcursor-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/X11/Xcursor
/usr/include/X11/Xcursor/Xcursor.h
/usr/lib/libXcursor.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcursor.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/Xcursor.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorCursorsCreate.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorCursorsDestroy.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameLoad.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameLoadAllImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameLoadCursor.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameLoadImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameLoadImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameSave.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameSaveImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorGetDefaultSize.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorGetTheme.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorImageCreate.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorImageDestroy.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorImagesCreate.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorImagesDestroy.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorLibraryLoadCursor.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorLibraryLoadCursors.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorLibraryLoadImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorLibraryLoadImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorSetDefaultSize.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorSetTheme.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorShapeLoadCursor.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorShapeLoadCursors.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorShapeLoadImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorShapeLoadImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorSupportsARGB.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorXcFileLoad.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorXcFileLoadAllImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorXcFileLoadImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorXcFileLoadImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorXcFileSave.3.gz
/usr/include/X11/Xcursor
/usr/include/X11/Xcursor/Xcursor.h
/usr/lib64/libXcursor.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xcursor.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/Xcursor.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorCursorsCreate.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorCursorsDestroy.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameLoad.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameLoadAllImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameLoadCursor.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameLoadImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameLoadImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameSave.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorFilenameSaveImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorGetDefaultSize.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorGetTheme.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorImageCreate.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorImageDestroy.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorImagesCreate.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorImagesDestroy.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorLibraryLoadCursor.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorLibraryLoadCursors.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorLibraryLoadImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorLibraryLoadImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorSetDefaultSize.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorSetTheme.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorShapeLoadCursor.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorShapeLoadCursors.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorShapeLoadImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorShapeLoadImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorSupportsARGB.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorXcFileLoad.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorXcFileLoadAllImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorXcFileLoadImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorXcFileLoadImages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcursorXcFileSave.3.gz

References

Summary

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