How To Install libXcursor on Fedora 34

libXcursor is Cursor management library Cursor management library

Introduction

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

What is libXcursor

This is a simple library designed to help locate and load cursors. Cursors can be loaded from files or memory. A library of common cursors exists which map to the standard X cursor names.Cursors can exist in several sizes and the library automatically picks the best size. libXcursor 1.2.0 5.fc34 x86_64 30 k libXcursor-1.2.0-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora Cursor management library http MIT This is a simple library designed to help locate and load cursors. Cursors can be loaded from files or memory. A library of common cursors exists which map to the standard X cursor names.Cursors can exist in several sizes and the library automatically picks the best size.

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

Install libXcursor 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 libXcursor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXcursor

Install libXcursor 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 libXcursor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXcursor

How To Uninstall libXcursor on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libXcursor

libXcursor Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/73be1233a595392ea849257be4eccf9dc2e035
/usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1
/usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/README.md
/usr/share/icons/default
/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/e7baa940c1b6a91e046daa92338fa29c2de110
/usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor/README.md
/usr/share/icons/default
/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme

References

Summary

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