How To Install libXcompshad on Fedora 34

libXcompshad is NX session shadowing Library NX session shadowing Library

Introduction

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

What is `libXcompshad`

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 provides the session shadowing library. libXcompshad 3.5.99.26 1.fc34 x86_64 170 k nx-libs-3.5.99.26-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora NX session shadowing 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 provides the session shadowing library.

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

Install libXcompshad 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 libXcompshad using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXcompshad

Install libXcompshad 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 libXcompshad using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXcompshad

How To Uninstall libXcompshad on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libXcompshad

libXcompshad Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/f8a55735dba961462d203d35d5232744e6faca
/usr/lib/libXcompshad.so.3
/usr/lib/libXcompshad.so.3.5.99
/usr/share/doc/libXcompshad
/usr/share/doc/libXcompshad/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/libXcompshad
/usr/share/licenses/libXcompshad/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libXcompshad/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/libXcompshad/LICENSE.nxcomp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/ab8003eeb90d4009e1cb29cea92338dd1ae9e4
/usr/lib64/libXcompshad.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXcompshad.so.3.5.99
/usr/share/doc/libXcompshad
/usr/share/doc/libXcompshad/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/libXcompshad
/usr/share/licenses/libXcompshad/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libXcompshad/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/libXcompshad/LICENSE.nxcomp

References

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

Summary

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