How To Install libXfont2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXfont2 on CentOS 7. libXfont2 is X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXfont2 on CentOS 7.

What is libXfont2

X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

We can use yum or dnf to install libXfont2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libXfont2.

Install libXfont2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libXfont2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXfont2

Install libXfont2 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 libXfont2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXfont2

How To Uninstall libXfont2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libXfont2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libXfont2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXfont2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.