How To Install libXdamage on Fedora 34

libXdamage is X Damage extension library X Damage extension library

Introduction

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

What is libXdamage

X.Org X11 libXdamage runtime library. libXdamage 1.1.5 5.fc34 x86_64 22 k libXdamage-1.1.5-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora X Damage extension library http MIT X.Org X11 libXdamage runtime library.

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

Install libXdamage 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 libXdamage using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXdamage

Install libXdamage 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 libXdamage using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXdamage

How To Uninstall libXdamage on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libXdamage

libXdamage Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/66608250eb77dd64593cfa1979ee409469de04
/usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1
/usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/README.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/58b3dc08a247a793335a7fb7fb1126dc47f4f3
/usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/README.md

References

Summary

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