How To Install libXres on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXres on CentOS 7. libXres is X-Resource extension client library

Introduction

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

What is libXres

X-Resource is an extension that allows a client to query the X server about its usage of various resources. X-Resource is an extension that allows a client to query the X server about its usage of various resources.

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

Install libXres on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libXres

Install libXres 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 libXres using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXres

How To Uninstall libXres on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libXres

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Summary

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