How To Install gimp-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-libs on Rocky Linux 8. gimp-libs is GIMP libraries

Introduction

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

What is gimp-libs

The gimp-libs package contains shared libraries needed for the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).

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

Install gimp-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gimp-libs

Install gimp-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gimp-libs

How To Uninstall gimp-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gimp-libs

gimp-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/6f090fa7a6741c552985cd9e96b0ae5c4d8a2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/2129e89f94bd8c49fa00979f47ac93272021ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/d889c57b23b3064526433b1f81b25ebb29644a
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/544d6ac28a869e7324537215eb75066851306a
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/9a379354e95c3663224d2f1dad2fc2c970159f
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/e1d4ba9846f593a9b3e038fba0d2dc38c7a7ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/0804f7f940a3d0f2d14564d044458f06c4688e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/340ac0bc6d40a2edca0f1aa10242f9c92aa55a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/b55d9dc20514d6c96d60b34f55dd64a08d0cbd
/usr/lib64/libgimp-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimp-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpbase-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpbase-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpcolor-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpcolor-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpconfig-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpconfig-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpmath-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpmath-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpmodule-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpmodule-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpthumb-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpthumb-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpui-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpui-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpwidgets-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpwidgets-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/share/doc/gimp-libs
/usr/share/doc/gimp-libs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gimp-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gimp-libs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gimp-libs/README
/usr/share/licenses/gimp-libs
/usr/share/licenses/gimp-libs/COPYING

References

Summary

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