How To Install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx in Fedora 36. xorg-x11-server-Xdmx is Distributed Multihead X Server and utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx on Fedora 36.

What is xorg-x11-server-Xdmx

Xdmx is proxy X server that provides multi-head support for multiple displays attached to different machines (each of which is running a typical X server). When Xinerama is used with Xdmx, the multiple displays on multiple machines are presented to the user as a single unified screen. A simple application for Xdmx would be to provide multi-head support using two desktop machines, each of which has a single display device attached to it. A complex application for Xdmx would be to unify a 4 by 4 grid of 1280x1024 displays (each attached to one of 16 computers) into a unified 5120x4096 display.

We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx.

Install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx 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 xorg-x11-server-Xdmx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx

Install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx 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 xorg-x11-server-Xdmx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-server-Xdmx on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-server-Xdmx package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-server-Xdmx

xorg-x11-server-Xdmx Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/Xdmx
/usr/bin/dmxaddinput
/usr/bin/dmxaddscreen
/usr/bin/dmxinfo
/usr/bin/dmxreconfig
/usr/bin/dmxresize
/usr/bin/dmxrminput
/usr/bin/dmxrmscreen
/usr/bin/dmxtodmx
/usr/bin/dmxwininfo
/usr/bin/vdltodmx
/usr/bin/xdmxconfig
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/31ac3b059e3cc5e653bc138f30f20682fde1d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/95a91064201c19ac80c0104088b665c89236e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/9b764238bc1d479687f8d0b2d4b090b696d1a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/8db44b352ec530c7d995a6155a3bda200dada5
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/82fe32a3a05cbebc73fe100f5e80da47603cb1
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/ff50e3a3a9efb3918664d8df94aa25ccd4f738
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/eb6edb141929ce801060de4f93a15d9fb885fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/0382e65447af783c86937cb1c8a3e1ae356119
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/bfbf56556dd5906b1d679d53a4eccbe7c5dc53
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/d0826a9b7e2dbf771a336d15671ae0668c89a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/a58dd75272998d28821ad5d7df27c423a1473b
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/978878c4b51f724e021652f3f3e2d901044bdb
/usr/share/man/man1/Xdmx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dmxtodmx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vdltodmx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xdmxconfig.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).