How To Install libxkbcommon on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon on CentOS 7. libxkbcommon is X.Org X11 XKB parsing library

Introduction

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

What is libxkbcommon

libxkbcommon is the X.Org library for compiling XKB maps into formats usable by the X Server or other display servers. libxkbcommon is the X.Org library for compiling XKB maps into formats usable by the X Server or other display servers.

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

Install libxkbcommon on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libxkbcommon

Install libxkbcommon 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 libxkbcommon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxkbcommon

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libxkbcommon

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Summary

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