How To Install libXcomp on Fedora 34

libXcomp is NX differential compression library NX differential compression library

Introduction

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

What is `libXcomp`

NX is a software suite from NoMachine which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one. This package contains the NX differential compression library for X11. libXcomp 3.5.99.26 1.fc34 x86_64 558 k nx-libs-3.5.99.26-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora NX differential compression library https GPLv2+ NX is a software suite from NoMachine which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one. This package contains the NX differential compression library for X11.

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

Install libXcomp 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 libXcomp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXcomp

Install libXcomp 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 libXcomp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXcomp

How To Uninstall libXcomp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libXcomp

libXcomp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/04c08f431103e7a6f2e1c12699316fdad3e66d
/usr/lib64/libXcomp.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXcomp.so.3.5.99
/usr/share/doc/libXcomp
/usr/share/doc/libXcomp/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/libXcomp
/usr/share/licenses/libXcomp/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libXcomp/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/libXcomp/LICENSE.nxcomp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/8ef959b2f83cf42c59740ad85c8db072aa777a
/usr/lib/libXcomp.so.3
/usr/lib/libXcomp.so.3.5.99
/usr/share/doc/libXcomp
/usr/share/doc/libXcomp/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/libXcomp
/usr/share/licenses/libXcomp/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libXcomp/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/libXcomp/LICENSE.nxcomp

References

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

Summary

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