How To Install libXres on CentOS 8

libXres is X-Resource extension client library X-Resource extension client library

Introduction

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

What is libXres

X-Resource is an extension that allows a client to query the X server about its usage of various resources. libXres 1.2.0 4.el8 x86_64 21 k libXres-1.2.0-4.el8.src.rpm appstream X-Resource extension client library http MIT X-Resource is an extension that allows a client to query the X server about its usage of various resources.

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

Install libXres 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 libXres using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXres

Install libXres 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 libXres using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXres

How To Uninstall libXres on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXres

libXres Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/a0975026afb752eaec659395b93e180b6c00c3
/usr/lib64/libXRes.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXRes.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXres
/usr/share/doc/libXres/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXres/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/59adeed14d1deaad418d2112bfd8247cb61507
/usr/lib/libXRes.so.1
/usr/lib/libXRes.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXres
/usr/share/doc/libXres/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXres/COPYING

References

Summary

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