How To Install libXext-devel on CentOS 8

libXext-devel is X.Org X11 libXext development package X.Org X11 libXext development package

Introduction

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

What is libXext-devel

X.Org X11 libXext development package libXext-devel 1.3.4 1.el8 x86_64 81 k libXext-1.3.4-1.el8.src.rpm appstream X.Org X11 libXext development package http MIT X.Org X11 libXext development package

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libXext-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libXext-devel

How To Uninstall libXext-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXext-devel

libXext-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/X11/extensions/MITMisc.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/XEVI.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/XLbx.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/XShm.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xag.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xcup.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xdbe.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xext.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xge.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/dpms.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/extutil.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/multibuf.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/security.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/shape.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/sync.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/xtestext1.h
/usr/lib/libXext.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xext.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/DBE.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSCapable.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSDisable.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSEnable.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSForceLevel.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSGetTimeouts.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSGetVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSSetTimeouts.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShape.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeCombineMask.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeCombineRectangles.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeCombineRegion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeCombineShape.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeGetRectangles.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeInputSelected.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeOffsetShape.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeQueryExtents.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeSelectInput.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShm.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmAttach.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmCreateImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmCreatePixmap.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmDetach.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmGetEventBase.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmGetImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmPixmapFormat.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmPutImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcupGetReservedColormapEntries.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcupQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcupStoreColors.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeAllocateBackBufferName.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeBeginIdiom.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeDeallocateBackBufferName.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeEndIdiom.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeFreeVisualInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeGetVisualInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeSwapBuffers.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Xevi.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XeviGetVisualInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XeviQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XeviQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Xmbuf.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufChangeBufferAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufChangeWindowAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufCreateBuffers.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufCreateStereoWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufDestroyBuffers.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufDisplayBuffers.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufGetBufferAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufGetScreenInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufGetVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufGetWindowAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/include/X11/extensions/MITMisc.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/XEVI.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/XLbx.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/XShm.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xag.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xcup.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xdbe.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xext.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xge.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/dpms.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/extutil.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/multibuf.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/security.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/shape.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/sync.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/xtestext1.h
/usr/lib64/libXext.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xext.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/DBE.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSCapable.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSDisable.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSEnable.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSForceLevel.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSGetTimeouts.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSGetVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DPMSSetTimeouts.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShape.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeCombineMask.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeCombineRectangles.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeCombineRegion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeCombineShape.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeGetRectangles.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeInputSelected.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeOffsetShape.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeQueryExtents.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShapeSelectInput.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShm.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmAttach.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmCreateImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmCreatePixmap.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmDetach.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmGetEventBase.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmGetImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmPixmapFormat.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmPutImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XShmQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcupGetReservedColormapEntries.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcupQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XcupStoreColors.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeAllocateBackBufferName.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeBeginIdiom.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeDeallocateBackBufferName.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeEndIdiom.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeFreeVisualInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeGetVisualInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XdbeSwapBuffers.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Xevi.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XeviGetVisualInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XeviQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XeviQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Xmbuf.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufChangeBufferAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufChangeWindowAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufCreateBuffers.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufCreateStereoWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufDestroyBuffers.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufDisplayBuffers.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufGetBufferAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufGetScreenInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufGetVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufGetWindowAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XmbufQueryExtension.3.gz

References

Summary

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