How To Install libXv-devel on CentOS 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libXv-devel

X.Org X11 libXv development package libXv-devel 1.0.11 7.el8 x86_64 41 k libXv-1.0.11-7.el8.src.rpm appstream X.Org X11 libXv development package http MIT X.Org X11 libXv development package

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libXv-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libXv-devel

How To Uninstall libXv-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXv-devel

libXv-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xvlib.h
/usr/lib/libXv.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xv.pc
/usr/share/doc/libXv-devel
/usr/share/doc/libXv-devel/xv-library-v2.2.txt
/usr/share/man/man3/Xv.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvCreateImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvFreeAdaptorInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvFreeEncodingInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvGetPortAttribute.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvGetStill.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvGetVideo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvGrabPort.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvListImageFormats.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvPortNotify.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvPutImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvPutStill.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvPutVideo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvQueryAdaptors.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvQueryBestSize.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvQueryEncodings.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvQueryPortAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvSelectPortNotify.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvSelectVideoNotify.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvSetPortAttribute.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvShmCreateImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvShmPutImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvStopVideo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvUngrabPort.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvVideoNotify.3.gz
/usr/include/X11/extensions/Xvlib.h
/usr/lib64/libXv.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xv.pc
/usr/share/doc/libXv-devel
/usr/share/doc/libXv-devel/xv-library-v2.2.txt
/usr/share/man/man3/Xv.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvCreateImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvFreeAdaptorInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvFreeEncodingInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvGetPortAttribute.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvGetStill.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvGetVideo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvGrabPort.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvListImageFormats.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvPortNotify.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvPutImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvPutStill.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvPutVideo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvQueryAdaptors.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvQueryBestSize.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvQueryEncodings.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvQueryPortAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvSelectPortNotify.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvSelectVideoNotify.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvSetPortAttribute.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvShmCreateImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvShmPutImage.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvStopVideo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvUngrabPort.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XvVideoNotify.3.gz

References

Summary

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