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

xorg-x11-server-utils is X.Org X11 X server utilities

Introduction

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

What is xorg-x11-server-utils

A collection of utilities used to tweak and query the runtime configuration of the X server.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-server-utils

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

/usr/bin/iceauth
/usr/bin/sessreg
/usr/bin/showrgb
/usr/bin/xgamma
/usr/bin/xhost
/usr/bin/xinput
/usr/bin/xkill
/usr/bin/xmodmap
/usr/bin/xrandr
/usr/bin/xrdb
/usr/bin/xrefresh
/usr/bin/xset
/usr/bin/xsetpointer
/usr/bin/xsetroot
/usr/bin/xstdcmap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/84da1cb2757ed218b940b3e9d15ab398988c77
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/969449f75d6da03ce676f8d5b72450b347e500
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/6e77c2dca53bd5c89e8946ee8cf76e183da14c
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/492be3d33a2f05aab8fc24e5101d98927906ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/903cdc969692e2716daf9437444305fe3f95e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/7c23ab4018d6e92cd8c204262a01248db95578
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/97855c8dd677f8e8bacc5fe96a42a2696c60e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/4b5aafc6e02296b07b753744d0d53bf3d9902b
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/37b8a68733ee05b8c456af390c5bb3c289b2fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/e99bb89b784522eba885a4398994b325d92bc4
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/f42f15bc50ab919036fdb96797ae8fcd44fa9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/4af163083f3b49ff41d69c11efbfcf039b24d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/149e1b80c0273b1ca519ad97de09c2e3fd7059
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/93e8f54e39c36647401d66f825485fddc0b9bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/06fe623bd60b088cf930e757294669d0249433
/usr/share/X11/rgb.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/iceauth.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sessreg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/showrgb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xgamma.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xhost.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xinput.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xkill.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmodmap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrandr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrdb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrefresh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xsetpointer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xsetroot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xstdcmap.1.gz

References

Summary

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