How To Install libXxf86vm on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXxf86vm on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libXxf86vm

X.Org X11 libXxf86vm runtime library

We can use yum or dnf to install libXxf86vm on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libXxf86vm.

Install libXxf86vm 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 libXxf86vm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXxf86vm

Install libXxf86vm 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 libXxf86vm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXxf86vm

How To Uninstall libXxf86vm on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libXxf86vm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libXxf86vm

libXxf86vm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/79db6be8738defc01ef6f5817ae1f3fe1d73e3
/usr/lib64/libXxf86vm.so.1
/usr/lib64/libXxf86vm.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86vm
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86vm/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86vm/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/032bd1a4e68eac4264cfdca4b667d2a67dc09e
/usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1
/usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86vm
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86vm/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXxf86vm/README

References

• libXxf86vm website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXxf86vm on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.