How To Install libX11 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libX11 on Rocky Linux 8. libX11 is Core X11 protocol client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libX11 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libX11`

Core X11 protocol client library.

We can use yum or dnf to install libX11 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libX11.

Install libX11 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libX11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libX11

Install libX11 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libX11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libX11

How To Uninstall libX11 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libX11

libX11 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/7cfa814ce266a162b9a79cce18e4005e487218
/usr/lib64/libX11.so.6
/usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.3.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/0bfb3333d1c0da0843465924ec4e375e24269a
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6.3.0

References

libX11 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libX11 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.