How To Install libxshmfence on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxshmfence on CentOS 7. libxshmfence is X11 shared memory fences

Introduction

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

What is libxshmfence

Shared memory fences for X11, as used in DRI3. Shared memory fences for X11, as used in DRI3.

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

Install libxshmfence on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libxshmfence

Install libxshmfence 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 libxshmfence using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxshmfence

How To Uninstall libxshmfence on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libxshmfence

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Summary

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