How to Install and Uninstall xorg-x11-server-Xdmx.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: February 05,2025

1. Install "xorg-x11-server-Xdmx.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install xorg-x11-server-Xdmx.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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2. Uninstall "xorg-x11-server-Xdmx.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall xorg-x11-server-Xdmx.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xorg-x11-server-Xdmx.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

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Available Packages
Name : xorg-x11-server-Xdmx
Arch : x86_64
Version : 1.20.4
Release : 15.amzn2.0.4
Size : 873 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Distributed Multihead X Server and utilities
URL : http://www.x.org
License : MIT
Description : Xdmx is proxy X server that provides multi-head support for
: multiple displays attached to different machines (each of which is
: running a typical X server). When Xinerama is used with Xdmx, the
: multiple displays on multiple machines are presented to the user
: as a single unified screen. A simple application for Xdmx would
: be to provide multi-head support using two desktop machines, each
: of which has a single display device attached to it. A complex
: application for Xdmx would be to unify a 4 by 4 grid of 1280x1024
: displays (each attached to one of 16 computers) into a unified
: 5120x4096 display.