How To Install libXdamage on CentOS 8

libXdamage is X Damage extension library X Damage extension library

Introduction

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

What is libXdamage

X.Org X11 libXdamage runtime library. libXdamage 1.1.4 14.el8 x86_64 27 k libXdamage-1.1.4-14.el8.src.rpm appstream X Damage extension library http MIT X.Org X11 libXdamage runtime library.

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

Install libXdamage 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 libXdamage using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXdamage

Install libXdamage 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 libXdamage using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXdamage

How To Uninstall libXdamage on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXdamage

libXdamage Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/18729da457c8cdfbf09c234cc7fbb6fa00ab79
/usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/c074a85277bd74757eda5596fadd2847193806
/usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1
/usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/README

References

Summary

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