How To Install libxkbcommon on CentOS 8

libxkbcommon is X.Org X11 XKB parsing library X.Org X11 XKB parsing library

Introduction

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

What is libxkbcommon

libxkbcommon is the X.Org library for compiling XKB maps into formats usable by the X Server or other display servers. libxkbcommon 0.9.1 1.el8 x86_64 116 k libxkbcommon-0.9.1-1.el8.src.rpm appstream X.Org X11 XKB parsing library http MIT libxkbcommon is the X.Org library for compiling XKB maps into formats usable by the X Server or other display servers.

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

Install libxkbcommon 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 libxkbcommon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxkbcommon

Install libxkbcommon 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 libxkbcommon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxkbcommon

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libxkbcommon

libxkbcommon Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/58408337ccc605e8d7fcef35174d42b861ef86
/usr/lib/libxkbcommon.so.0
/usr/lib/libxkbcommon.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libxkbcommon
/usr/share/licenses/libxkbcommon/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/6a377792d405ad7997d907d0924c8ec19fd0fc
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libxkbcommon
/usr/share/licenses/libxkbcommon/LICENSE

References

Summary

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