How To Install nx-libs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nx-libs-devel on Rocky Linux 8. nx-libs-devel is Include files and libraries for NX development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nx-libs-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is nx-libs-devel

NX is a software suite from NoMachine which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one. This package contains all necessary include files and libraries needed to develop nx-X11 applications that require these.

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

Install nx-libs-devel 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 nx-libs-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nx-libs-devel

Install nx-libs-devel 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 nx-libs-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nx-libs-devel

How To Uninstall nx-libs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nx-libs-devel

nx-libs-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/nx-X11/extensions
/usr/include/nx-X11/extensions/panoramiXext.h
/usr/include/nx-X11/misc.h
/usr/include/nx-X11/os.h

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nx-libs-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.