How To Install libXvMC on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is libXvMC

X.Org X11 libXvMC runtime library

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

Install libXvMC 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 libXvMC using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXvMC

Install libXvMC 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 libXvMC using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXvMC

How To Uninstall libXvMC on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXvMC

libXvMC Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/X11/XvMCConfig
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/719c84773d77215b8b0d2255feab5df89c4193
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/9708579a21b664f3e05e9dd96b01a4ffcf6bb5
/usr/lib64/libXvMC.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXvMC.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXvMCW.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXvMCW.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXvMC
/usr/share/doc/libXvMC/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXvMC/README.md
/etc/X11/XvMCConfig
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/635dd98d345ca9f973dd83c9734f7fdf4b6d85
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/b9a3ff1502e25853b0bedef36bc4779b78b011
/usr/lib/libXvMC.so.1
/usr/lib/libXvMC.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libXvMCW.so.1
/usr/lib/libXvMCW.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXvMC
/usr/share/doc/libXvMC/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXvMC/README.md

References

• libXvMC website

Summary

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