How To Install xcb-proto on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcb-proto on Rocky Linux 8. xcb-proto is XCB protocol descriptions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcb-proto on Rocky Linux 8.

What is xcb-proto

XCB is a project to enable efficient language bindings to the X11 protocol. This package contains the protocol descriptions themselves. Language bindings use these protocol descriptions to generate code for marshalling the protocol.

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

Install xcb-proto 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 xcb-proto using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xcb-proto

Install xcb-proto 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 xcb-proto using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xcb-proto

How To Uninstall xcb-proto on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xcb-proto package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xcb-proto

xcb-proto Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/align.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/align.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/error.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/error.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/expr.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/expr.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/matcher.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/matcher.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/state.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/state.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/xtypes.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/__pycache__/xtypes.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/align.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/error.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/expr.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/matcher.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/state.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xcbgen/xtypes.py
/usr/share/doc/xcb-proto
/usr/share/doc/xcb-proto/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xcb-proto/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xcb-proto/README
/usr/share/doc/xcb-proto/TODO
/usr/share/doc/xcb-proto/xml-xcb.txt
/usr/share/pkgconfig/xcb-proto.pc
/usr/share/xcb
/usr/share/xcb/bigreq.xml
/usr/share/xcb/composite.xml
/usr/share/xcb/damage.xml
/usr/share/xcb/dpms.xml
/usr/share/xcb/dri2.xml
/usr/share/xcb/dri3.xml
/usr/share/xcb/ge.xml
/usr/share/xcb/glx.xml
/usr/share/xcb/present.xml
/usr/share/xcb/randr.xml
/usr/share/xcb/record.xml
/usr/share/xcb/render.xml
/usr/share/xcb/res.xml
/usr/share/xcb/screensaver.xml
/usr/share/xcb/shape.xml
/usr/share/xcb/shm.xml
/usr/share/xcb/sync.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xc_misc.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xcb.xsd
/usr/share/xcb/xevie.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xf86dri.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xf86vidmode.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xfixes.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xinerama.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xinput.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xkb.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xprint.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xproto.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xselinux.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xtest.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xv.xml
/usr/share/xcb/xvmc.xml

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Summary

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