How To Install xosd-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xosd-devel on CentOS 8.
What is xosd-devel
Header files and documentation for developing applications that use the XOSD on-screen display.
We can use yum or dnf to install xosd-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xosd-devel.
Install xosd-devel 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 xosd-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xosd-devel
Install xosd-devel 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 xosd-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xosd-devel
How To Uninstall xosd-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xosd-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xosd-devel
xosd-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/xosd-config
/usr/include/xosd.h
/usr/lib64/libxosd.so
/usr/share/aclocal/libxosd.m4
/usr/share/man/man1/xosd-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_create.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_destroy.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_display.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_get_number_lines.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_hide.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_is_onscreen.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_set_align.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_set_bar_length.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_set_horizontal_offset.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_set_pos.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_set_shadow_offset.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_set_vertical_offset.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_show.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/xosd_uninit.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xosd-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.