How To Install xorg-x11-server-Xorg on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xorg on CentOS 8.
What is xorg-x11-server-Xorg
X.org X11 is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low level functionality which full fledged graphical user interfaces (GUIs) such as GNOME and KDE are designed upon.
We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-server-Xorg on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-server-Xorg.
Install xorg-x11-server-Xorg 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-Xorg using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-server-Xorg
Install xorg-x11-server-Xorg 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-Xorg using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-server-Xorg
How To Uninstall xorg-x11-server-Xorg on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xorg-x11-server-Xorg package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-server-Xorg
xorg-x11-server-Xorg Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
/etc/pam.d/xserver
/usr/bin/X
/usr/bin/Xorg
/usr/bin/cvt
/usr/bin/gtf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/f41922d67ce72d8394360ee0a4d19516a3321d
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/02829a1ce863796da990fa0260578c122b6462
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/f2905c13964c5cb96fd1029ef55c4dd5f94110
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/df6d663a00c45d02fc2b18f69f246d7f88cf2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/169514d40f0aeb5f9e515091fc75ca86a0416d
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/13205a7d6488d2da639bfc763a1807c1b526a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/9a2a88019a720f637b83434e7faadc27d88037
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/85d770c4ffd5226670d02cc9f54bb134ebdc2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/19d6a04a308a72acdc6683a41a625907dbf39f
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/4662db9dbfada9e3ba9815ec0ffbb0473c97cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/f62571bb8434846fa96590d29feccedac8f74e
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/98a378d913b51819ab3208764b3b3d97f234d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/9bacc8a73ed78d6cae82910a618c84398096a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/195ac8c057f1659127b9b4a980c08f8ba3da3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/e4235fcc48893bc69c14d2ea628233c5139e02
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/eb4904069aa8d5a20330137b5958639df221e7
/usr/lib64/xorg
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libexa.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libint10.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libshadow.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libshadowfb.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
/usr/libexec/Xorg
/usr/libexec/Xorg.wrap
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-quirks.conf
/usr/share/man/man1/Xorg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/Xorg.wrap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cvt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gtf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/exa.4.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/fbdevhw.4.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/modesetting.4.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/Xwrapper.config.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.d.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xorg on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.