How To Install xorg-x11-drv-intel on CentOS 8

xorg-x11-drv-intel is Xorg X11 Intel video driver Xorg X11 Intel video driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-intel on CentOS 8.

What is xorg-x11-drv-intel

X.Org X11 Intel video driver. xorg-x11-drv-intel 2.99.917 39.20200205.el8 x86_64 706 k xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-39.20200205.el8.src.rpm appstream Xorg X11 Intel video driver http MIT X.Org X11 Intel video driver.

We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-drv-intel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-drv-intel.

Install xorg-x11-drv-intel 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-intel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-drv-intel

Install xorg-x11-drv-intel 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-intel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-drv-intel

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-drv-intel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-drv-intel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-intel

xorg-x11-drv-intel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/10e231c37d9ad2e3ca79587148397350b04856
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/81143fb27a4560d481a72418b00c6368d25035
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/6770522cdadf583f0c0d9d7f13d41965a0d3d6
/usr/lib/libIntelXvMC.so.1
/usr/lib/libIntelXvMC.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
/usr/libexec/xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-intel
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-intel/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man4/intel-virtual-output.4.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/intel.4.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.x.xf86-video-intel.backlight-helper.policy
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/16ae908e19fc61ccb9b9a18ca210f0f9654746
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/fed0bd11daba2d7ee1c89385120fafaf0592b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/d0589c7f9e80aeb73ded0d17844c92863d6122
/usr/lib64/libIntelXvMC.so.1
/usr/lib64/libIntelXvMC.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
/usr/libexec/xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-intel
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-intel/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man4/intel-virtual-output.4.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/intel.4.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.x.xf86-video-intel.backlight-helper.policy

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-intel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.