How To Install xorg-x11-drv-ati on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-ati on CentOS 8.
What is xorg-x11-drv-ati
X.Org X11 ati video driver.
We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-drv-ati on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-drv-ati.
Install xorg-x11-drv-ati 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-drv-ati using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-drv-ati
Install xorg-x11-drv-ati 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-drv-ati using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-drv-ati
How To Uninstall xorg-x11-drv-ati on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xorg-x11-drv-ati package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-ati
xorg-x11-drv-ati Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/fec24a0ab4e3ea0ece32198c12f4d19da26594
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/40c5643d8dc1f9e40020019d5720f971e31d38
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-radeon.conf
/usr/share/man/man4/ati.4.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/radeon.4.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-ati on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.