How To Install libxklavier on CentOS 8

libxklavier is High-level API for X Keyboard Extension High-level API for X Keyboard Extension

Introduction

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

What is libxklavier

libxklavier is a library providing a high-level API for the X Keyboard Extension (XKB). This library is intended to support XFree86 and other commercial X servers. It is useful for creating XKB-related software (layout indicators etc). libxklavier 5.4 11.el8 x86_64 71 k libxklavier-5.4-11.el8.src.rpm appstream High-level API for X Keyboard Extension http LGPLv2+ libxklavier is a library providing a high-level API for the X Keyboard Extension (XKB). This library is intended to support XFree86 and other commercial X servers. It is useful for creating XKB-related software (layout indicators etc).

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

Install libxklavier 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 libxklavier using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxklavier

Install libxklavier 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 libxklavier using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxklavier

How To Uninstall libxklavier on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libxklavier

libxklavier Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/75dc7f295d7ed5efeced9e9d485e1c466654c6
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Xkl-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libxklavier.so.16
/usr/lib/libxklavier.so.16.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/1dd1d578a7db1ec10c58ee6a93be9931060d1a
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Xkl-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libxklavier.so.16
/usr/lib64/libxklavier.so.16.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/README

References

Summary

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