How To Install libdmx on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `libdmx`

The X.Org X11 DMX (Distributed Multihead X) runtime library.

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

Install libdmx 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 libdmx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libdmx

Install libdmx 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 libdmx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libdmx

How To Uninstall libdmx on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libdmx

libdmx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/e4118cd1516cda0d3b25dfdcfac3d10436dac1
/usr/lib/libdmx.so.1
/usr/lib/libdmx.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libdmx
/usr/share/doc/libdmx/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/0386740ec518782105e50527a1e583f1c21675
/usr/lib64/libdmx.so.1
/usr/lib64/libdmx.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libdmx
/usr/share/doc/libdmx/COPYING

References

libdmx website

Summary

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