How To Install xcb-util-keysyms on CentOS 8

xcb-util-keysyms is Standard X key constants and keycodes conversion on top of libxcb Standard X key constants and keycodes conversion on top of libxcb

Introduction

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

What is xcb-util-keysyms

XCB util-keysyms module provides the following library - keysyms xcb-util-keysyms 0.4.0 7.el8 x86_64 16 k xcb-util-keysyms-0.4.0-7.el8.src.rpm appstream Standard X key constants and keycodes conversion on top of libxcb http MIT XCB util-keysyms module provides the following library - keysyms

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

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

sudo dnf -y install xcb-util-keysyms

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

sudo yum -y install xcb-util-keysyms

How To Uninstall xcb-util-keysyms on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove xcb-util-keysyms

xcb-util-keysyms Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/6958792ba2f26d847ad17a313584f5ec40773e
/usr/lib64/libxcb-keysyms.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxcb-keysyms.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-keysyms
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-keysyms/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/5805fb2818267cdc06c7e2d5ee99d157cdb714
/usr/lib/libxcb-keysyms.so.1
/usr/lib/libxcb-keysyms.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-keysyms
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-keysyms/README

References

Summary

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