How To Install libXmu on CentOS 8

libXmu is X.Org X11 libXmu/libXmuu runtime libraries X.Org X11 libXmu/libXmuu runtime libraries

Introduction

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

What is libXmu

X.Org X11 libXmu/libXmuu runtime libraries libXmu 1.1.3 1.el8 x86_64 75 k libXmu-1.1.3-1.el8.src.rpm appstream X.Org X11 libXmu/libXmuu runtime libraries http MIT X.Org X11 libXmu/libXmuu runtime libraries

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

Install libXmu 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 libXmu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXmu

Install libXmu 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 libXmu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXmu

How To Uninstall libXmu on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXmu

libXmu Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/9397aae594120cdf8fe4cac2db390034ad3de5
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/9853c47a49393af2ab3509b430af6f537ed77a
/usr/lib64/libXmu.so.6
/usr/lib64/libXmu.so.6.2.0
/usr/lib64/libXmuu.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXmuu.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXmu
/usr/share/doc/libXmu/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXmu/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXmu/README.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/31ba3400052984c4b95c71f7f43ec76f4a9953
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/f3b20a5f4e279bbc1eea3cfd9d6166cb70a815
/usr/lib/libXmu.so.6
/usr/lib/libXmu.so.6.2.0
/usr/lib/libXmuu.so.1
/usr/lib/libXmuu.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXmu
/usr/share/doc/libXmu/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXmu/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXmu/README.md

References

Summary

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