How To Install libXft on CentOS 8

libXft is X.Org X11 libXft runtime library X.Org X11 libXft runtime library

Introduction

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

What is libXft

X.Org X11 libXft runtime library libXft 2.3.3 1.el8 x86_64 67 k libXft-2.3.3-1.el8.src.rpm appstream X.Org X11 libXft runtime library http MIT X.Org X11 libXft runtime library

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

Install libXft 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 libXft using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXft

Install libXft 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 libXft using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXft

How To Uninstall libXft on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXft

libXft Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/e9d7974df28a7d22cb19c3728713c18f3f5449
/usr/lib64/libXft.so.2
/usr/lib64/libXft.so.2.3.3
/usr/share/doc/libXft
/usr/share/doc/libXft/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXft/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXft/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXft/README.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/d265432559e7506478a647caab0eb3ab097f08
/usr/lib/libXft.so.2
/usr/lib/libXft.so.2.3.3
/usr/share/doc/libXft
/usr/share/doc/libXft/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXft/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXft/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXft/README.md

References

Summary

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