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

xorg-x11-drv-wacom is Xorg X11 wacom input driver

Introduction

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

What is xorg-x11-drv-wacom

X.Org X11 wacom input driver for Wacom tablets.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-wacom

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

/usr/bin/xsetwacom
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/5f011856b997a7d14c5130f1142dbefd143e50
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/6f8cada9ab30488986abda0ef6bc43a4ad794c
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/wacom_drv.so
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-wacom.conf
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-wacom
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-wacom/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-wacom/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/xorg-x11-drv-wacom
/usr/share/licenses/xorg-x11-drv-wacom/GPL
/usr/share/man/man1/xsetwacom.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/wacom.4.gz

References

Summary

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