How To Install libXinerama on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is libXinerama

X.Org X11 libXinerama runtime library X.Org X11 libXinerama runtime library

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

Install libXinerama on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libXinerama

Install libXinerama 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 libXinerama using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXinerama

How To Uninstall libXinerama on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libXinerama

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Summary

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