How To Install libxdo on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdo on Rocky Linux 8. libxdo is Keyboard input simulation library

Introduction

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

What is `libxdo`

This library contains functions to simulate keyboard and mouse input

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

Install libxdo 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 libxdo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxdo

Install libxdo 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 libxdo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxdo

How To Uninstall libxdo on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libxdo

libxdo Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/be999d8d1e2676fc242ae0d698a4d610868f9a
/usr/lib64/libxdo.so.3
/usr/share/doc/libxdo
/usr/share/doc/libxdo/CHANGELIST
/usr/share/doc/libxdo/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/libxdo/README

References

libxdo website

Summary

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