How To Install libXft-devel on CentOS 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libXft-devel

X.Org X11 libXft development package libXft-devel 2.3.3 1.el8 x86_64 25 k libXft-2.3.3-1.el8.src.rpm appstream X.Org X11 libXft development package http MIT X.Org X11 libXft development package

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libXft-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libXft-devel

How To Uninstall libXft-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXft-devel

libXft-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/X11/Xft
/usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h
/usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h
/usr/lib/libXft.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xft.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/Xft.3.gz
/usr/include/X11/Xft
/usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h
/usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h
/usr/lib64/libXft.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xft.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/Xft.3.gz

References

Summary

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