How To Install gimp-devel-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-devel-tools on Rocky Linux 8. gimp-devel-tools is GIMP plugin and extension development tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-devel-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gimp-devel-tools

The gimp-devel-tools package contains gimptool, a helper program to build GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) plug-ins and extensions.

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

Install gimp-devel-tools 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 gimp-devel-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gimp-devel-tools

Install gimp-devel-tools 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 gimp-devel-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gimp-devel-tools

How To Uninstall gimp-devel-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gimp-devel-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gimp-devel-tools

gimp-devel-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/gimptool
/usr/bin/gimptool-2.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/dd0ffac957a790fed279b30a1957d26b8933de
/usr/share/man/man1/gimptool-2.0.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gimptool.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-devel-tools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.