How To Install libX11-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libX11-devel on CentOS 7. libX11-devel is Development files for libX11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libX11-devel on CentOS 7.

What is `libX11-devel`

X.Org X11 libX11 development package X.Org X11 libX11 development package

We can use yum or dnf to install libX11-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libX11-devel.

Install libX11-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 libX11-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libX11-devel

Install libX11-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 libX11-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libX11-devel

How To Uninstall libX11-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libX11-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libX11-devel

References

libX11-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libX11-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.