How To Install libNX_X11 on Fedora 34

libNX_X11 is Core NX protocol client library Core NX protocol client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libNX_X11 on Fedora 34.

What is `libNX_X11`

NX is a software suite which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one. The X Window System is a network-transparent window system that was designed at MIT. X display servers run on computers with either monochrome or color bitmap display hardware. The server distributes user input to and accepts output requests from various client programs located either on the same machine or elsewhere in the network. Xlib is a C subroutine library that application programs (clients) use to interface with the window system by means of a stream connection. libNX_X11 3.5.99.26 1.fc34 x86_64 669 k nx-libs-3.5.99.26-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Core NX protocol client library https GPLv2+ NX is a software suite which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one. The X Window System is a network-transparent window system that was designed at MIT. X display servers run on computers with either monochrome or color bitmap display hardware. The server distributes user input to and accepts output requests from various client programs located either on the same machine or elsewhere in the network. Xlib is a C subroutine library that application programs (clients) use to interface with the window system by means of a stream connection.

We can use yum or dnf to install libNX_X11 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libNX_X11.

Install libNX_X11 on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libNX_X11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libNX_X11

Install libNX_X11 on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libNX_X11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libNX_X11

How To Uninstall libNX_X11 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libNX_X11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libNX_X11

libNX_X11 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/3be9b10c2109ac0e96eeb5c5651c7bb6f63bb6
/usr/lib64/libNX_X11.so.6
/usr/lib64/libNX_X11.so.6.3.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/5ab3d90ec079bb284a53de1abcaafde3244c7a
/usr/lib/libNX_X11.so.6
/usr/lib/libNX_X11.so.6.3.0

References

[libNX_X11 website](https://github.com/ArcticaProject/nx-libs https://github.com/ArcticaProject/nx-libs)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libNX_X11 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.