How To Install xhost on Fedora 34

xhost is Manage hosts or users allowed to connect to the X server

Introduction

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

What is xhost

xhost is used to manage the list of host names or user names allowed to make connections to the X server.

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

Install xhost 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 xhost using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xhost

Install xhost 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 xhost using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xhost

How To Uninstall xhost on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xhost

xhost Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xhost
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/1d78dbf0d53b7f5ed723622557474098689696
/usr/share/licenses/xhost
/usr/share/licenses/xhost/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xhost.1.gz
/usr/bin/xhost
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/3f1a4d67a295f4b9f0bb64799962eec49b50a1
/usr/share/licenses/xhost
/usr/share/licenses/xhost/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xhost.1.gz

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Summary

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