How To Install xorg-x11-apps on CentOS 8
xorg-x11-apps is X.Org X11 applications
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-apps on CentOS 8.
What is xorg-x11-apps
A collection of common X Window System applications.
We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-apps on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-apps.
Install xorg-x11-apps 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 xorg-x11-apps using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-apps
Install xorg-x11-apps 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 xorg-x11-apps using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-apps
How To Uninstall xorg-x11-apps on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xorg-x11-apps package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-apps
xorg-x11-apps Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/luit
/usr/bin/oclock
/usr/bin/x11perf
/usr/bin/x11perfcomp
/usr/bin/xbiff
/usr/bin/xclipboard
/usr/bin/xclock
/usr/bin/xconsole
/usr/bin/xcursorgen
/usr/bin/xcutsel
/usr/bin/xdpr
/usr/bin/xeyes
/usr/bin/xfd
/usr/bin/xfontsel
/usr/bin/xload
/usr/bin/xlogo
/usr/bin/xmag
/usr/bin/xmessage
/usr/bin/xpr
/usr/bin/xvidtune
/usr/bin/xwd
/usr/bin/xwud
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/beee156d6d600dd7b5c4965337197f525d1eff
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/c2d484ef57650d5eea82e17ad5b72b258c10be
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/67367865b86ceaf5d0a2632b64ea0aa880789b
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/c7fbca61eb72a639730846925d653080667b65
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/fea8f2abb738b3ff4e646dbc951620e4c3dc25
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/31c2364216941e7172f489e500716ab11497cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/456aa9c2686a10121404f714114005f039c637
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/90d460ce45eecfcac2e830b6d8e25e7ac9e160
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/9d2efe55f0e28ebcdb5336c6101c7c3c67abd9
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/d56e760aad8de85833be319a3981017a7af566
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/475303f3afca47e6dfc68b1b754b7d582d2e05
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/ba1bc6ca9513c6d2a9e799d06ebb1a36a8a033
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/dcceceac08085fee52cc04e5f5c8353f0729de
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/405f5dff71fed1428a0ea87f5b2cdbccf51cde
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/4efa37d20f34c329e78303fc4edbc2019b59b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/a9fb3f849608be6e297eaf54bc88c71bc00a01
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/ae9c8b1766268b0d780f0061d8d7e946e9af6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/d6e764daf37b4ea41370c9ce5dd36973176193
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/baf5208a2df0fba10fb37aa962f1eb260544f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/a67240c83c75567dc01bc9382b55ed9be93a5d
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Clock-color
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XClipboard
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XClock
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XClock-color
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XConsole
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XFontSel
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XLoad
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XLogo
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XLogo-color
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xfd
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xmag
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xmessage
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xmessage-color
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xvidtune
/usr/share/X11/x11perfcomp
/usr/share/X11/x11perfcomp/Xmark
/usr/share/X11/x11perfcomp/fillblnk
/usr/share/X11/x11perfcomp/perfboth
/usr/share/X11/x11perfcomp/perfratio
/usr/share/man/man1/Xmark.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/luit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/oclock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x11perf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x11perfcomp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xbiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xclipboard.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xclock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xconsole.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xcursorgen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xcutsel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xdpr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xeyes.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xfd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xfontsel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xload.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xlogo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmag.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmessage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xvidtune.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xwd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xwud.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-apps on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
