How To Install libXScrnSaver-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXScrnSaver-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libXScrnSaver-devel is X.Org X11 libXScrnSaver development package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXScrnSaver-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libXScrnSaver-devel

X.Org X11 libXss development package

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libXScrnSaver-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libXScrnSaver-devel

How To Uninstall libXScrnSaver-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXScrnSaver-devel

libXScrnSaver-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h
/usr/lib/libXss.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xscrnsaver.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverAllocInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverGetRegistered.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverQueryInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverRegister.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverSelectInput.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverSetAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverSuspend.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverUnregister.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverUnsetAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Xss.3.gz
/usr/include/X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h
/usr/lib64/libXss.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xscrnsaver.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverAllocInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverGetRegistered.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverQueryExtension.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverQueryInfo.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverQueryVersion.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverRegister.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverSelectInput.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverSetAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverSuspend.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverUnregister.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/XScreenSaverUnsetAttributes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Xss.3.gz

References

Summary

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