How To Install libXNVCtrl on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libXNVCtrl on CentOS 8.
What is libXNVCtrl
This packages contains the libXNVCtrl library from the nvidia-settings application. This library provides the NV-CONTROL API for communicating with the proprietary NVidia xorg driver. This package does not contain the nvidia-settings tool itself as that is included with the proprietary drivers themselves. libXNVCtrl 352.21 9.el8 x86_64 27 k libXNVCtrl-352.21-9.el8.src.rpm appstream Library providing the NV-CONTROL API ftp GPLv2+ This packages contains the libXNVCtrl library from the nvidia-settings application. This library provides the NV-CONTROL API for communicating with the proprietary NVidia xorg driver. This package does not contain the nvidia-settings tool itself as that is included with the proprietary drivers themselves.
We can use yum or dnf to install libXNVCtrl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libXNVCtrl.
Install libXNVCtrl 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 libXNVCtrl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libXNVCtrl
Install libXNVCtrl 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 libXNVCtrl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libXNVCtrl
How To Uninstall libXNVCtrl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libXNVCtrl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libXNVCtrl
libXNVCtrl Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/2d602a60fc048184dac1add0e2feb0d33c3737
/usr/lib64/libXNVCtrl.so.0
/usr/lib64/libXNVCtrl.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXNVCtrl
/usr/share/doc/libXNVCtrl/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/22d42aaba3540011c9b0e9c13767c05f1fb8f8
/usr/lib/libXNVCtrl.so.0
/usr/lib/libXNVCtrl.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXNVCtrl
/usr/share/doc/libXNVCtrl/COPYING
References
- [libXNVCtrl website](ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/ ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libXNVCtrl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.