How To Install libXft-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libXft-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libXft-devel
X.Org X11 libXft development package
We can use yum or dnf to install libXft-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libXft-devel.
Install libXft-devel 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 libXft-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libXft-devel
Install libXft-devel 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 libXft-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libXft-devel
How To Uninstall libXft-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libXft-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libXft-devel
libXft-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/X11/Xft
/usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h
/usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h
/usr/lib/libXft.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xft.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/Xft.3.gz
/usr/include/X11/Xft
/usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h
/usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h
/usr/lib64/libXft.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xft.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/Xft.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libXft-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.