How To Install xcompmgr on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xcompmgr on CentOS 8.
What is xcompmgr
xcompmgr is a sample compositing manager for X servers supporting the XFIXES, DAMAGE, and COMPOSITE extensions. It enables basic eye-candy effects
We can use yum or dnf to install xcompmgr on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xcompmgr.
Install xcompmgr on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xcompmgr using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xcompmgr
Install xcompmgr on CentOS 8 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 xcompmgr using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xcompmgr
How To Uninstall xcompmgr on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xcompmgr package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xcompmgr
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xcompmgr on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.