How To Install xcompmgr on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcompmgr on Rocky Linux 8. xcompmgr is X11 composite manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcompmgr on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xcompmgr.

Install xcompmgr 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 xcompmgr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xcompmgr

Install xcompmgr 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 xcompmgr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xcompmgr

How To Uninstall xcompmgr on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove xcompmgr

xcompmgr Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/xcompmgr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/d4e72405d51fef925a7dea8ee78f203b073cda
/usr/share/doc/xcompmgr
/usr/share/doc/xcompmgr/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xcompmgr/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xcompmgr
/usr/share/licenses/xcompmgr/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xcompmgr.1.gz

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Summary

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