How To Install xcb-util-wm on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xcb-util-wm on CentOS 8.
What is xcb-util-wm
XCB util-wm module provides the following libraries - ewmh - icccm xcb-util-wm 0.4.1 12.el8 x86_64 32 k xcb-util-wm-0.4.1-12.el8.src.rpm appstream Client and window-manager helper library on top of libxcb http MIT XCB util-wm module provides the following libraries - ewmh - icccm
We can use yum or dnf to install xcb-util-wm on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xcb-util-wm.
Install xcb-util-wm 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-wm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xcb-util-wm
Install xcb-util-wm 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-wm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xcb-util-wm
How To Uninstall xcb-util-wm on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xcb-util-wm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xcb-util-wm
xcb-util-wm Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/537492b2c18387b6dbb00e87f096b8c158941a
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/31b53ef6e31e3457557a44ab271e77ff253341
/usr/lib64/libxcb-ewmh.so.2
/usr/lib64/libxcb-ewmh.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb-icccm.so.4
/usr/lib64/libxcb-icccm.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-wm
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-wm/README
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-wm
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-wm/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/d740b633e5b950871a6c9492cf8349be98f9e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/be504839e76fd0ee916673cc909dab7c917b98
/usr/lib/libxcb-ewmh.so.2
/usr/lib/libxcb-ewmh.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libxcb-icccm.so.4
/usr/lib/libxcb-icccm.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-wm
/usr/share/doc/xcb-util-wm/README
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-wm
/usr/share/licenses/xcb-util-wm/COPYING
References
- [xcb-util-wm website](http://xcb.freedesktop.org http://xcb.freedesktop.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xcb-util-wm on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.