How To Install xcb-util-image on CentOS 8

xcb-util-image is Port of Xlib’s XImage and XShmImage functions on top of libxcb Port of Xlib’s XImage and XShmImage functions on top of libxcb

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcb-util-image on CentOS 8.

What is xcb-util-image

XCB util-image module provides the following library - image xcb-util-image 0.4.0 9.el8 x86_64 21 k xcb-util-image-0.4.0-9.el8.src.rpm appstream Port of Xlib’s XImage and XShmImage functions on top of libxcb http MIT XCB util-image module provides the following library - image

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

Install xcb-util-image 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 xcb-util-image using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xcb-util-image

Install xcb-util-image 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 xcb-util-image using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xcb-util-image

How To Uninstall xcb-util-image on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the xcb-util-image package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xcb-util-image

xcb-util-image Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/52df4222421877bc2b5e54760c8f9dfd7f2488
/usr/lib/libxcb-image.so.0
/usr/lib/libxcb-image.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-image
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-image/README
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-image
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-image/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/9789db4dc676f1e084436739dbaaac21bd4b2b
/usr/lib64/libxcb-image.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-image.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-image
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-image/README
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-image
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-image/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcb-util-image on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.