How To Install libXtst-devel on CentOS 8

libXtst-devel is X.Org X11 libXtst development package X.Org X11 libXtst development package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXtst-devel on CentOS 8.

What is libXtst-devel

X.Org X11 libXtst development package libXtst-devel 1.2.3 7.el8 x86_64 17 k libXtst-1.2.3-7.el8.src.rpm appstream X.Org X11 libXtst development package http MIT X.Org X11 libXtst development package

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

Install libXtst-devel 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 libXtst-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXtst-devel

Install libXtst-devel 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 libXtst-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXtst-devel

How To Uninstall libXtst-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libXtst-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libXtst-devel

libXtst-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/X11/extensions/XTest.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/record.h
/usr/lib/libXtst.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xtst.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestCompareCurrentCursorWithWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestCompareCursorWithWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestDiscard.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestFakeButtonEvent.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestFakeKeyEvent.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestFakeMotionEvent.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestFakeRelativeMotionEvent.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestGrabControl.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestSetGContextOfGC.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestSetVisualIDOfVisual.3.gz
/usr/include/X11/extensions/XTest.h
/usr/include/X11/extensions/record.h
/usr/lib64/libXtst.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xtst.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestCompareCurrentCursorWithWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestCompareCursorWithWindow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestDiscard.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestFakeButtonEvent.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestFakeKeyEvent.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestFakeMotionEvent.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestFakeRelativeMotionEvent.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestGrabControl.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestSetGContextOfGC.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XTestSetVisualIDOfVisual.3.gz

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Summary

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