How To Install libXfont on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXfont on CentOS 7. libXfont is X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library

Introduction

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

What is libXfont

X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library

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

Install libXfont on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libXfont

Install libXfont 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 libXfont using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXfont

How To Uninstall libXfont on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libXfont

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Summary

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