How To Install libXp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXp on Rocky Linux 8. libXp is X.Org X11 libXp runtime library

Introduction

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

What is `libXp`

X.Org X11 libXp runtime library

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

Install libXp 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 libXp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXp

Install libXp 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 libXp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXp

How To Uninstall libXp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXp

libXp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/88e8976032f32d365310d40b7ec4182908f189
/usr/lib/libXp.so.6
/usr/lib/libXp.so.6.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libXp
/usr/share/doc/libXp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXp/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXp/ChangeLog
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/90fdbcaf9b684e04378a6264a9c0059a8136e4
/usr/lib64/libXp.so.6
/usr/lib64/libXp.so.6.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libXp
/usr/share/doc/libXp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXp/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXp/ChangeLog

References

libXp website

Summary

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