How To Install xosd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xosd on Rocky Linux 8. xosd is On-screen display library for X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xosd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is xosd

XOSD displays text on your screen, sounds simple right? The difference is it is unmanaged and shaped, so it appears transparent. This gives the effect of an On Screen Display, like your TV/VCR etc.

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

Install xosd 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 xosd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xosd

Install xosd 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 xosd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xosd

How To Uninstall xosd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove xosd

xosd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/osd_cat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/e6908761543770b0a6741d2cbd889472e02a84
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/072060225ddbdc6d3c49502747c7c49ed102ec
/usr/lib64/libxosd.so.2
/usr/lib64/libxosd.so.2.2.14
/usr/share/doc/xosd
/usr/share/doc/xosd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xosd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xosd/README
/usr/share/doc/xosd/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/xosd
/usr/share/licenses/xosd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/osd_cat.1.gz

References

Summary

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