How To Install libXScrnSaver on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXScrnSaver on Rocky Linux 8. libXScrnSaver is X.Org X11 libXss runtime library

Introduction

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

What is libXScrnSaver

X.Org X11 libXss runtime library

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

Install libXScrnSaver 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXScrnSaver

Install libXScrnSaver 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXScrnSaver

How To Uninstall libXScrnSaver on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXScrnSaver

libXScrnSaver Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/fb9729c846d967771d8a39921a4b21cb0240a7
/usr/lib/libXss.so.1
/usr/lib/libXss.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXScrnSaver
/usr/share/doc/libXScrnSaver/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXScrnSaver/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXScrnSaver/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/65f6ee3cccd3b23df0f32130e6b96a64e849c7
/usr/lib64/libXss.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXss.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXScrnSaver
/usr/share/doc/libXScrnSaver/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXScrnSaver/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXScrnSaver/README

References

Summary

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