How To Install epstool on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install epstool on Rocky Linux 8. epstool is A utility to create or extract preview images in EPS files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install epstool on Rocky Linux 8.

What is epstool

Epstool is a utility to create or extract preview images in EPS files, fix bounding boxes and convert to bitmaps. Features * Add EPSI, DOS EPS or Mac PICT previews. * Extract PostScript from DOS EPS files. * Uses Ghostscript to create preview bitmaps. * Create a TIFF, WMF, PICT or Interchange preview from part of a bitmap created by Ghostscript. * works under Win32, Win64, OS/2 and Unix. * works on little-endian machines (Intel) or big endian (Sun Sparc, Motorola) machines.

We can use yum or dnf to install epstool on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install epstool.

Install epstool on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install epstool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install epstool

Install epstool on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install epstool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install epstool

How To Uninstall epstool on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the epstool package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove epstool

epstool Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/epstool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/e74dfa90778fe1ceccc592d58cd85598cbef08
/usr/share/doc/epstool
/usr/share/doc/epstool/LICENCE
/usr/share/doc/epstool/epstool.htm
/usr/share/doc/epstool/gsview.css
/usr/share/man/man1/epstool.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install epstool on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.