How To Install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8

gdk-pixbuf2-xlib is Additional library for using gdk-pixbuf with bare xlib Additional library for using gdk-pixbuf with bare xlib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8.

What is gdk-pixbuf2-xlib

This package contains the old libgdk-pixbuf-xlib library that is needed by some programs to load GdkPixbuf using bare XLib calls. gdk-pixbuf2-xlib 2.36.12 5.el8 x86_64 55 k gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-5.el8.src.rpm powertools Additional library for using gdk-pixbuf with bare xlib http LGPLv2+ This package contains the old libgdk-pixbuf-xlib library that is needed by some programs to load GdkPixbuf using bare XLib calls.

We can use yum or dnf to install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib.

Install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib

Install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib

How To Uninstall gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gdk-pixbuf2-xlib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gdk-pixbuf2-xlib

gdk-pixbuf2-xlib Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/18f54d4cceb719ec24e2b730247e1693cd0208
/usr/lib64/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0.3612.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/1e27184786fa0ace761f3508050a10dd4edebf
/usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0.3612.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.