How To Install libxkbcommon on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon in Fedora 36. libxkbcommon is X.Org X11 XKB parsing library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon on Fedora 36.

What is libxkbcommon

libxkbcommon is the X.Org library for compiling XKB maps into formats usable by the X Server or other display servers.

We can use yum or dnf to install libxkbcommon on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxkbcommon.

Install libxkbcommon on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libxkbcommon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxkbcommon

Install libxkbcommon on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libxkbcommon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxkbcommon

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libxkbcommon

libxkbcommon Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/c8479ba0abb524bfd572849e23a4b9fb03d215
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/32b1808d5b274f11f88113949be033011ff02b
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libxkbregistry.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxkbregistry.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libxkbcommon
/usr/share/licenses/libxkbcommon/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).