How To Install xorg-x11-server-common on CentOS 8

xorg-x11-server-common is Xorg server common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-common on CentOS 8.

What is xorg-x11-server-common

Common files shared among all X servers.

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

Install xorg-x11-server-common 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-server-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-server-common

Install xorg-x11-server-common 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-server-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-server-common

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-server-common on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-server-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-server-common

xorg-x11-server-common Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib64/xorg/protocol.txt
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-server-common
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-server-common/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/Xserver.1.gz
/var/lib/xkb
/var/lib/xkb/README.compiled

References

Summary

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