How To Install libXi on Fedora 34

libXi is X.Org X11 libXi runtime library X.Org X11 libXi runtime library

Introduction

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

What is libXi

X.Org X11 libXi runtime library libXi 1.7.10 6.fc34 x86_64 39 k libXi-1.7.10-6.fc34.src.rpm fedora X.Org X11 libXi runtime library http MIT X.Org X11 libXi runtime library

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

Install libXi 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 libXi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXi

Install libXi 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 libXi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXi

How To Uninstall libXi on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libXi

libXi Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/20b1027caa81063731b0d72328d5ea9e4c326a
/usr/lib/libXi.so.6
/usr/lib/libXi.so.6.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXi
/usr/share/doc/libXi/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/298c71fa5a49fe018d4020f3b6e15b96073174
/usr/lib64/libXi.so.6
/usr/lib64/libXi.so.6.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXi
/usr/share/doc/libXi/COPYING

References

Summary

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