How To Install libXcomposite on Fedora 34

libXcomposite is X Composite Extension library X Composite Extension library

Introduction

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

What is libXcomposite

X Composite Extension library libXcomposite 0.4.5 5.fc34 x86_64 23 k libXcomposite-0.4.5-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora X Composite Extension library http MIT X Composite Extension library

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

Install libXcomposite 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 libXcomposite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXcomposite

Install libXcomposite 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 libXcomposite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXcomposite

How To Uninstall libXcomposite on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libXcomposite

libXcomposite Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/0f90fe0b9160e53ca2648abb5b96d4175c0256
/usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/README.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/04e461f692c9d767c36c0b660df0a6986c8e1c
/usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1
/usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/README.md

References

Summary

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