How To Install libxkbcommon-x11 on CentOS 8

libxkbcommon-x11 is X.Org X11 XKB keymap creation library X.Org X11 XKB keymap creation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-x11 on CentOS 8.

What is libxkbcommon-x11

libxkbcommon-x11 is the X.Org library for creating keymaps by querying the X server. libxkbcommon-x11 0.9.1 1.el8 x86_64 25 k libxkbcommon-0.9.1-1.el8.src.rpm appstream X.Org X11 XKB keymap creation library http MIT libxkbcommon-x11 is the X.Org library for creating keymaps by querying the X server.

We can use yum or dnf to install libxkbcommon-x11 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxkbcommon-x11.

Install libxkbcommon-x11 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-x11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxkbcommon-x11

Install libxkbcommon-x11 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-x11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxkbcommon-x11

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon-x11 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libxkbcommon-x11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libxkbcommon-x11

libxkbcommon-x11 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/c7f90a3233cba6cb8b0633e8802bab394a97c0
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon-x11.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon-x11.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/d321081a79f0efd6ec224151660c26be3490cf
/usr/lib/libxkbcommon-x11.so.0
/usr/lib/libxkbcommon-x11.so.0.0.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-x11 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.