How To Install xorg-x11-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-utils on Rocky Linux 8. xorg-x11-utils is X.Org X11 X client utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is xorg-x11-utils

A collection of client utilities which can be used to query the X server for various information.

We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-utils on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-utils.

Install xorg-x11-utils 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 xorg-x11-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-utils

Install xorg-x11-utils 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 xorg-x11-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-utils

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-utils on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-utils

xorg-x11-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/edid-decode
/usr/bin/xdpyinfo
/usr/bin/xev
/usr/bin/xlsatoms
/usr/bin/xlsclients
/usr/bin/xlsfonts
/usr/bin/xprop
/usr/bin/xvinfo
/usr/bin/xwininfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/0e795b8eca82538939ec8e17d66f3fb65bd7b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/c42aa41df21c955304ff7797351bfd1104aaec
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/71d25db27cf076fb8fee8614e813410e35c0d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/0f3c043754890b49bb265985b60518637b068a
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/18d59974056396dd1c2edc51d6ece54a5897b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/c1a8a910c5d726d6eee26350f944503d440087
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/fa403e2c800184d3ae49e49f06d8726488f239
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/b8a3ad954bf312ef0a79f2c76d5fca33ae9d5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/deced142ad80f229a1d2cc5f66d5746cdaa7b4
/usr/share/man/man1/edid-decode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xdpyinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xlsatoms.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xlsclients.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xlsfonts.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xprop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xvinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xwininfo.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-utils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.