How To Install libxkbcommon-devel on CentOS 8

libxkbcommon-devel is X.Org X11 XKB parsing development package X.Org X11 XKB parsing development package

Introduction

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

What is libxkbcommon-devel

X.Org X11 XKB parsing development package libxkbcommon-devel 0.9.1 1.el8 x86_64 60 k libxkbcommon-0.9.1-1.el8.src.rpm appstream X.Org X11 XKB parsing development package http MIT X.Org X11 XKB parsing development package

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libxkbcommon-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libxkbcommon-devel

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libxkbcommon-devel

libxkbcommon-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/xkbcommon
/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-compat.h
/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-compose.h
/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-keysyms.h
/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-names.h
/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon.h
/usr/lib/libxkbcommon.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xkbcommon.pc
/usr/include/xkbcommon
/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-compat.h
/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-compose.h
/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-keysyms.h
/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-names.h
/usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon.h
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xkbcommon.pc

References

Summary

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