How To Install root-graf-x11 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-graf-x11 on CentOS 8.
What is root-graf-x11
This package contains the X11 renderer for ROOT, which allows using an X display for showing graphics.
We can use yum or dnf to install root-graf-x11 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install root-graf-x11.
Install root-graf-x11 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 root-graf-x11 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install root-graf-x11
Install root-graf-x11 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 root-graf-x11 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install root-graf-x11
How To Uninstall root-graf-x11 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the root-graf-x11 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove root-graf-x11
root-graf-x11 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/root/TGX11.h
/usr/include/root/TGX11TTF.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/9f405b8af9167899a0c21b432da387ccf0d72c
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/c9434cabf27aef8b54aac0b42833e8306b4b64
/usr/lib64/root/libGX11.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libGX11.so
/usr/lib64/root/libGX11.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libGX11.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libGX11TTF.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libGX11TTF.so
/usr/lib64/root/libGX11TTF.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libGX11TTF.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libGX11TTF_rdict.pcm
/usr/lib64/root/libGX11_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/TVirtualX/P010_TGX11.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TVirtualX/P020_TGX11TTF.C
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-graf-x11 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.