# libxcb

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** libxcb
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [https://xcb.freedesktop.org](https://xcb.freedesktop.org)

## Software Description

The libxcb package provides an interface to the X Window System
protocol, which replaces the current Xlib interface. Xlib can also use
XCB as a transport layer, allowing software to make requests and receive
responses with both.
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load libxcb

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of libxcb available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail libxcb