How To Install libspiro on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspiro on Rocky Linux 8. libspiro is Library to simplify the drawing of beautiful curves

Introduction

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

What is `libspiro`

This library will take an array of spiro control points and convert them into a series of bézier splines which can then be used in the myriad of ways the world has come to use béziers.

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

Install libspiro 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 libspiro using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libspiro

Install libspiro 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 libspiro using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libspiro

How To Uninstall libspiro on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libspiro

libspiro Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/146158c4a616432c1c5c282a0ff022cc47b71f
/usr/lib64/libspiro.so.0
/usr/lib64/libspiro.so.0.0.3
/usr/share/doc/libspiro
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/README
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/README-GeorgeWilliams
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/README-RaphLevien
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libspiro
/usr/share/licenses/libspiro/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/1aafd451febc9ff770be30c8161cb1e134c02e
/usr/lib/libspiro.so.0
/usr/lib/libspiro.so.0.0.3
/usr/share/doc/libspiro
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/README
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/README-GeorgeWilliams
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/README-RaphLevien
/usr/share/doc/libspiro/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libspiro
/usr/share/licenses/libspiro/COPYING

References

libspiro website

Summary

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