How To Install libXext on Fedora 34

libXext is X.Org X11 libXext runtime library X.Org X11 libXext runtime library

Introduction

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

What is libXext

X.Org X11 libXext runtime library libXext 1.3.4 6.fc34 x86_64 39 k libXext-1.3.4-6.fc34.src.rpm fedora X.Org X11 libXext runtime library http MIT X.Org X11 libXext runtime library

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

Install libXext 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 libXext using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXext

Install libXext 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 libXext using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXext

How To Uninstall libXext on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libXext

libXext Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/3567a609f129fc9a5fb12de387b482500dab25
/usr/lib/libXext.so.6
/usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libXext
/usr/share/doc/libXext/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXext/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/7214b479c8cec664fcb867c99a0af3d4d51824
/usr/lib64/libXext.so.6
/usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libXext
/usr/share/doc/libXext/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXext/COPYING

References

Summary

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