How To Install libXdamage on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXdamage on Rocky Linux 8. libXdamage is X Damage extension library

Introduction

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

What is `libXdamage`

X.Org X11 libXdamage runtime library.

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

Install libXdamage 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 libXdamage using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXdamage

Install libXdamage 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 libXdamage using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXdamage

How To Uninstall libXdamage on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXdamage

libXdamage Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/9f36453e6e23b254647700e1f9adce2470991b
/usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1
/usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/19fc7cf07c4bc73b12085bd38731f05d9a76c2
/usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXdamage/README

References

libXdamage website

Summary

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