How To Install libxkbcommon-x11 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-x11 on CentOS 7. libxkbcommon-x11 is X.Org X11 XKB keymap creation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-x11 on CentOS 7.

What is libxkbcommon-x11

libxkbcommon-x11 is the X.Org library for creating keymaps by querying the X server. libxkbcommon-x11 is the X.Org library for creating keymaps by querying the X server.

We can use yum or dnf to install libxkbcommon-x11 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxkbcommon-x11.

Install libxkbcommon-x11 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-x11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxkbcommon-x11

Install libxkbcommon-x11 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-x11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxkbcommon-x11

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon-x11 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libxkbcommon-x11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libxkbcommon-x11

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-x11 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.