How To Install gdk-pixbuf2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdk-pixbuf2 on Rocky Linux 8. gdk-pixbuf2 is An image loading library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdk-pixbuf2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gdk-pixbuf2`

gdk-pixbuf is an image loading library that can be extended by loadable modules for new image formats. It is used by toolkits such as GTK+ or clutter.

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

Install gdk-pixbuf2 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 gdk-pixbuf2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gdk-pixbuf2

Install gdk-pixbuf2 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 gdk-pixbuf2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gdk-pixbuf2

How To Uninstall gdk-pixbuf2 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gdk-pixbuf2

gdk-pixbuf2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-32
/usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/20fe66ef32cc99f6e682a3af32d3763130d553
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/f3844180957a894404730b877051ebf7b1fcb7
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/6360eb18fef27aafc8ce085482989d0a790284
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GdkPixbuf-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0.3612.0
/usr/share/doc/gdk-pixbuf2
/usr/share/doc/gdk-pixbuf2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gdk-pixbuf2/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/gdk-pixbuf2
/usr/share/licenses/gdk-pixbuf2/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ang/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/csb/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/io/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/li/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ije/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tk/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tt/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz@cyrillic/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/yi/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.1.gz
/usr/share/thumbnailers
/usr/share/thumbnailers/gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer.thumbnailer
/usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-64
/usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/7e6be851d5eb1321a337889f0471b80af36765
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/e318239b77d437d933c9036b6d66f7e5b955fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/3a8ef50c446692e4776ac1cd7b78f31139d75d
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GdkPixbuf-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0.3612.0
/usr/share/doc/gdk-pixbuf2
/usr/share/doc/gdk-pixbuf2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gdk-pixbuf2/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/gdk-pixbuf2
/usr/share/licenses/gdk-pixbuf2/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ang/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/csb/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/io/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/li/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ije/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tk/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tt/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz@cyrillic/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/yi/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gdk-pixbuf.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.1.gz
/usr/share/thumbnailers
/usr/share/thumbnailers/gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer.thumbnailer

References

gdk-pixbuf2 website

Summary

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