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Error: Unable to find a match: xorg-x11-apps on Oracle Linux 8

Trying to install xorg-x11 rpms on Linux 8 operating system and encountered an error for locating the packages. This blog post will help you in the successful installation of the listed rpm Error while installation of rpm:
[root@racnode1 patches]# yum install xorg-x11-apps
Last metadata expiration check: 2:03:27 ago on Mon 20 Mar 2023 11:15:02 AM +03.
No match for argument: xorg-x11-apps
Error: Unable to find a match: xorg-x11-apps
[root@racnode1 patches]#
Enable the correct repository that contains the xorg-x11 rpm:
[root@racnode1 yum.repos.d]# ls
local-appstream.repo  local-baseos.repo  oracle-linux-ol8.repo  uek-ol8.repo  virt-ol8.repo
[root@racnode1 yum.repos.d]# vi oracle-linux-ol8.repo
[root@racnode1 yum.repos.d]# grep code oracle-linux-ol8.repo
[ol8_codeready_builder]
baseurl=https://yum$ociregion.$ocidomain/repo/OracleLinux/OL8/codeready/builder/$basearch/
[root@racnode1 yum.repos.d]#
Try reinstalling the same package:
[root@racnode1 yum.repos.d]# yum install xorg-x11-apps
Oracle Linux 8 BaseOS Latest (x86_64)                                                                                                                         47 kB/s | 3.6 kB     00:00
Oracle Linux 8 Application Stream (x86_64)                                                                                                                    50 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00
Oracle Linux 8 CodeReady Builder (x86_64) - Unsupported                                                                                                       38 MB/s | 7.7 MB     00:00
Oracle Linux 8.6 BaseOS (x86_64)                                                                                                                              83 kB/s | 3.6 kB     00:00
Oracle Linux 8 Addons (x86_64)                                                                                                                                69 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00
Dependencies resolved.
=============================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                             Architecture                       Version                                      Repository                                         Size
=============================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 xorg-x11-apps                                       x86_64                             7.7-21.el8                                   ol8_codeready_builder                             334 k
Installing dependencies:
 dejavu-fonts-common                                 noarch                             2.35-7.el8                                   local-baseos                                       74 k
 dejavu-sans-fonts                                   noarch                             2.35-7.el8                                   local-baseos                                      1.5 M
 fontconfig                                          x86_64                             2.13.1-4.el8                                 local-baseos                                      274 k
 fontpackages-filesystem                             noarch                             1.44-22.el8                                  local-baseos                                       16 k
 libXaw                                              x86_64                             1.0.13-10.el8                                local-appstream                                   194 k
 libXcursor                                          x86_64                             1.1.15-3.el8                                 local-appstream                                    36 k
 libXfixes                                           x86_64                             5.0.3-7.el8                                  local-appstream                                    25 k
 libXft                                              x86_64                             2.3.3-1.el8                                  local-appstream                                    67 k
 libXpm                                              x86_64                             3.5.12-9.el8_7                               ol8_appstream                                      58 k
 libfontenc                                          x86_64                             1.1.3-8.el8                                  local-appstream                                    37 k
 libxkbfile                                          x86_64                             1.1.0-1.el8                                  local-appstream                                    88 k
 xorg-x11-font-utils                                 x86_64                             1:7.5-41.el8                                 local-appstream                                   104 k
 xorg-x11-fonts-misc                                 noarch                             7.5-19.el8                                   local-appstream                                   5.8 M
 xorg-x11-xbitmaps                                   noarch                             1.1.1-13.el8                                 local-appstream                                    42 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================================================================================================================
Install  15 Packages

Total download size: 8.6 M
Installed size: 16 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/15): libXcursor-1.1.15-3.el8.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                   1.9 MB/s |  36 kB     00:00
(2/15): libXfixes-5.0.3-7.el8.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                     1.2 MB/s |  25 kB     00:00
(3/15): libXft-2.3.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                         42 MB/s |  67 kB     00:00
(4/15): libfontenc-1.1.3-8.el8.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                     22 MB/s |  37 kB     00:00
(5/15): libXaw-1.0.13-10.el8.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                      8.4 MB/s | 194 kB     00:00
(6/15): libxkbfile-1.1.0-1.el8.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                     32 MB/s |  88 kB     00:00
(7/15): xorg-x11-font-utils-7.5-41.el8.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                             34 MB/s | 104 kB     00:00
(8/15): xorg-x11-xbitmaps-1.1.1-13.el8.noarch.rpm                                                                                                             17 MB/s |  42 kB     00:00
(9/15): dejavu-fonts-common-2.35-7.el8.noarch.rpm                                                                                                             19 MB/s |  74 kB     00:00
(10/15): fontconfig-2.13.1-4.el8.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                   51 MB/s | 274 kB     00:00
(11/15): fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-22.el8.noarch.rpm                                                                                                       15 MB/s |  16 kB     00:00
(12/15): dejavu-sans-fonts-2.35-7.el8.noarch.rpm                                                                                                              82 MB/s | 1.5 MB     00:00
(13/15): xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.5-19.el8.noarch.rpm                                                                                                           124 MB/s | 5.8 MB     00:00
(14/15): libXpm-3.5.12-9.el8_7.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                    895 kB/s |  58 kB     00:00
(15/15): xorg-x11-apps-7.7-21.el8.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                 113 kB/s | 334 kB     00:02
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                                                                                                        2.9 MB/s | 8.6 MB     00:02
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                                                                                                     1/1
  Installing       : fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-22.el8.noarch                                                                                                                         1/15
  Installing       : libfontenc-1.1.3-8.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                      2/15
  Installing       : xorg-x11-font-utils-1:7.5-41.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                            3/15
  Installing       : dejavu-fonts-common-2.35-7.el8.noarch                                                                                                                              4/15
  Installing       : dejavu-sans-fonts-2.35-7.el8.noarch                                                                                                                                5/15
  Installing       : fontconfig-2.13.1-4.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                     6/15
  Running scriptlet: fontconfig-2.13.1-4.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                     6/15
  Installing       : libXft-2.3.3-1.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                          7/15
  Installing       : xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.5-19.el8.noarch                                                                                                                              8/15
  Running scriptlet: xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.5-19.el8.noarch                                                                                                                              8/15
  Installing       : libXpm-3.5.12-9.el8_7.x86_64                                                                                                                                       9/15
  Installing       : libXaw-1.0.13-10.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                       10/15
  Installing       : xorg-x11-xbitmaps-1.1.1-13.el8.noarch                                                                                                                             11/15
  Installing       : libxkbfile-1.1.0-1.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                     12/15
  Installing       : libXfixes-5.0.3-7.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                      13/15
  Installing       : libXcursor-1.1.15-3.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                    14/15
  Installing       : xorg-x11-apps-7.7-21.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                   15/15
  Running scriptlet: xorg-x11-apps-7.7-21.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                   15/15
  Running scriptlet: fontconfig-2.13.1-4.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                    15/15
  Verifying        : libXaw-1.0.13-10.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                        1/15
  Verifying        : libXcursor-1.1.15-3.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                     2/15
  Verifying        : libXfixes-5.0.3-7.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                       3/15
  Verifying        : libXft-2.3.3-1.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                          4/15
  Verifying        : libfontenc-1.1.3-8.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                      5/15
  Verifying        : libxkbfile-1.1.0-1.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                      6/15
  Verifying        : xorg-x11-font-utils-1:7.5-41.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                            7/15
  Verifying        : xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.5-19.el8.noarch                                                                                                                              8/15
  Verifying        : xorg-x11-xbitmaps-1.1.1-13.el8.noarch                                                                                                                              9/15
  Verifying        : dejavu-fonts-common-2.35-7.el8.noarch                                                                                                                             10/15
  Verifying        : dejavu-sans-fonts-2.35-7.el8.noarch                                                                                                                               11/15
  Verifying        : fontconfig-2.13.1-4.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                    12/15
  Verifying        : fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-22.el8.noarch                                                                                                                        13/15
  Verifying        : libXpm-3.5.12-9.el8_7.x86_64                                                                                                                                      14/15
  Verifying        : xorg-x11-apps-7.7-21.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                   15/15

Installed:
  dejavu-fonts-common-2.35-7.el8.noarch          dejavu-sans-fonts-2.35-7.el8.noarch          fontconfig-2.13.1-4.el8.x86_64               fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-22.el8.noarch
  libXaw-1.0.13-10.el8.x86_64                    libXcursor-1.1.15-3.el8.x86_64               libXfixes-5.0.3-7.el8.x86_64                 libXft-2.3.3-1.el8.x86_64
  libXpm-3.5.12-9.el8_7.x86_64                   libfontenc-1.1.3-8.el8.x86_64                libxkbfile-1.1.0-1.el8.x86_64                xorg-x11-apps-7.7-21.el8.x86_64
  xorg-x11-font-utils-1:7.5-41.el8.x86_64        xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.5-19.el8.noarch        xorg-x11-xbitmaps-1.1.1-13.el8.noarch

Complete!
[root@racnode1 yum.repos.d]#
Hope it helps 😊 
Thanks for reading!!! 

Regards, ZAHEER

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