How To Install libXfixes on CentOS 8

libXfixes is X Fixes library X Fixes library

Introduction

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

What is libXfixes

X Fixes library. libXfixes 5.0.3 7.el8 x86_64 25 k libXfixes-5.0.3-7.el8.src.rpm appstream X Fixes library http MIT X Fixes library.

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

Install libXfixes 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 libXfixes using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXfixes

Install libXfixes 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 libXfixes using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXfixes

How To Uninstall libXfixes on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXfixes

libXfixes Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/0104a83db8d3f1178b048af6311637384aada2
/usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/153ac9f69e04de0118840f95ed67d912561ec3
/usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3
/usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/README

References

Summary

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