How To Install libxkbcommon on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon on Rocky Linux 8. libxkbcommon is X.Org X11 XKB parsing library

Introduction

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

What is libxkbcommon

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxkbcommon.

Install libxkbcommon 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 libxkbcommon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxkbcommon

Install libxkbcommon 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 libxkbcommon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxkbcommon

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libxkbcommon

libxkbcommon Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/a92bc3aa26a5057d41ac800b60ee04f6fc3d47
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxkbcommon.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libxkbcommon
/usr/share/licenses/libxkbcommon/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/d08ab597279f8101a117cfb9d24ad68db2f15a
/usr/lib/libxkbcommon.so.0
/usr/lib/libxkbcommon.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libxkbcommon
/usr/share/licenses/libxkbcommon/LICENSE

References

Summary

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