How To Install libNX_X11-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libNX_X11-devel on CentOS 7.
What is libNX_X11-devel
NX is a software suite which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one. The X Window System is a network-transparent window system that was designed at MIT. X display servers run on computers with either monochrome or color bitmap display hardware. The server distributes user input to and accepts output requests from various client programs located either on the same machine or elsewhere in the network. Xlib is a C subroutine library that application programs (clients) use to interface with the window system by means of a stream connection. This package contains all necessary include files and libraries needed to develop applications that require these.
We can use yum or dnf to install libNX_X11-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libNX_X11-devel.
Install libNX_X11-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libNX_X11-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libNX_X11-devel
Install libNX_X11-devel on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libNX_X11-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libNX_X11-devel
How To Uninstall libNX_X11-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libNX_X11-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libNX_X11-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libNX_X11-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
