How To Install libxkbcommon-devel on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-devel in AlmaLinux 8. libxkbcommon-devel is X.Org X11 XKB parsing development package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-devel on AlmaLinux 8.

What is libxkbcommon-devel

X.Org X11 XKB parsing development package

We can use yum or dnf to install libxkbcommon-devel on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxkbcommon-devel.

Install libxkbcommon-devel on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libxkbcommon-devel

Install libxkbcommon-devel on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install libxkbcommon-devel

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon-devel on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libxkbcommon-devel

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-devel on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.