How To Install libXau on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXau on CentOS 7. libXau is Sample Authorization Protocol for X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXau on CentOS 7.

What is libXau

This is a very simple mechanism for providing individual access to an X Window System display.It uses existing core protocol and library hooks for specifying authorization data in the connection setup block to restrict use of the display to only those clients that show that they know a server-specific key called a “magic cookie”. This is a very simple mechanism for providing individual access to an X Window System display.It uses existing core protocol and library hooks for specifying authorization data in the connection setup block to restrict use of the display to only those clients that show that they know a server-specific key called a “magic cookie”.

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

Install libXau on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libXau

Install libXau 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 libXau using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXau

How To Uninstall libXau on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libXau

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Summary

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