How To Install libxshmfence on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxshmfence on Rocky Linux 8. libxshmfence is X11 shared memory fences

Introduction

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

What is libxshmfence

Shared memory fences for X11, as used in DRI3.

We can use yum or dnf to install libxshmfence on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxshmfence.

Install libxshmfence 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 libxshmfence using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxshmfence

Install libxshmfence 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 libxshmfence using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxshmfence

How To Uninstall libxshmfence on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libxshmfence

libxshmfence Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/fdb218e34acea3b9c26ed25f8254878d2229ac
/usr/lib64/libxshmfence.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxshmfence.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/caf47b0816705ee99fccb72ffef418cce8cf16
/usr/lib/libxshmfence.so.1
/usr/lib/libxshmfence.so.1.0.0

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Summary

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