How To Install xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 is X.Org X11 xkb gadgets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64`

X.Org X11 xkb gadgets.

We can use yum to install xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64.

Install xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64

xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/xkbbell
/usr/bin/xkbevd
/usr/bin/xkbprint
/usr/bin/xkbvleds
/usr/bin/xkbwatch
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xkb-extras-7.7
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xkb-extras-7.7/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xkb-extras-7.7/README
/usr/share/man/man1/xkbbell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xkbevd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xkbprint.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xkbvleds.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xkbwatch.1.gz

References

xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xkb-extras.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.