How To Install libXfixes on Fedora 34

libXfixes is X Fixes library X Fixes library

Introduction

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

What is libXfixes

X Fixes library. libXfixes 6.0.0 1.fc34 x86_64 19 k libXfixes-6.0.0-1.fc34.src.rpm updates X Fixes library http MIT X Fixes library.

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

Install libXfixes 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 libXfixes using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXfixes

Install libXfixes 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 libXfixes using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXfixes

How To Uninstall libXfixes on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libXfixes

libXfixes Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/10bdb0e723851b973634dda6a1310908b1cd4c
/usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/bd4b38e213634a04f620c30500ddcd96e07288
/usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/README.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/3b9c24a958ef9047c676ba9036a12d29150f38
/usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3
/usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/058fb818b483cd5d2ccfbbf21659e12a0d6d0c
/usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3
/usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXfixes/README.md

References

Summary

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