How To Install libXcomposite on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXcomposite on Rocky Linux 8. libXcomposite is X Composite Extension library

Introduction

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

What is libXcomposite

X Composite Extension library

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

Install libXcomposite 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 libXcomposite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXcomposite

Install libXcomposite 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 libXcomposite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXcomposite

How To Uninstall libXcomposite on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXcomposite

libXcomposite Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/24efc0ce03ec8d0f2d48324b10a45809d0e24f
/usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1
/usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/323f736ed9a166dc088a1040447db1f70b1910
/usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXcomposite/README

References

Summary

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