How To Install xorg-x11-drivers on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drivers on CentOS 7. xorg-x11-drivers is X.Org X11 driver installation package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drivers on CentOS 7.

What is xorg-x11-drivers

The purpose of this package is to require all of the individual X.Org driver rpms, to allow the OS installation software to install all drivers all at once, without having to track which individual drivers are present on each architecture. By installing this package, it forces all of the individual driver packages to be installed.

We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-drivers on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-drivers.

Install xorg-x11-drivers on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install xorg-x11-drivers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-drivers

Install xorg-x11-drivers on CentOS 7 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 xorg-x11-drivers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-drivers

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-drivers on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-drivers package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-drivers

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drivers on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.