How To Install xorg-x11-docs on CentOS 8
xorg-x11-docs is X.Org X11 documentation
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-docs on CentOS 8.
What is xorg-x11-docs
Protocol and other technical documentation for the X.Org X11 X Window System implementation.
We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-docs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-docs.
Install xorg-x11-docs 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-docs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-docs
Install xorg-x11-docs 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-docs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-docs
How To Uninstall xorg-x11-docs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xorg-x11-docs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-docs
xorg-x11-docs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/License.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/License.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/MAINTAINERS
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/README.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/README.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/ReleaseNotes.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/ReleaseNotes.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/Versions.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/Versions.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/Xserver
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/Xserver/XACE-Spec.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/Xserver/XACE-Spec.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/Xserver/analysis.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/Xserver/analysis.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/Xserver/appgroup.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/Xserver/appgroup.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/Xserver/secint.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/Xserver/secint.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/ctext
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/ctext/ctext.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/ctext/ctext.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/fonts
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/fonts/fonts.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/fonts/fonts.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/graphics
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/graphics/dps.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/graphics/dps.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/icccm
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/icccm/icccm.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/icccm/icccm.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/input
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/input/XKB-Config.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/input/XKB-Config.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/input/XKB-Enhancing.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/input/XKB-Enhancing.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/platforms
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/platforms/Darwin.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/platforms/Darwin.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/platforms/Solaris.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/platforms/Solaris.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/registry
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/xext
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/xext/lbxalg.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/xext/lbxalg.xml
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/xlfd
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/xlfd/xlfd.html
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-docs/xlfd/xlfd.xml
/usr/share/man/man7/Consortium.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/Standards.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/X.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/XOrgFoundation.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/XProjectTeam.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/Xsecurity.7.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-docs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.