How To Install libwmf-lite on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwmf-lite on Rocky Linux 8. libwmf-lite is Windows Metafile parser library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwmf-lite on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libwmf-lite`

A library for parsing Windows MetaFile vector graphics (WMF).

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

Install libwmf-lite 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 libwmf-lite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwmf-lite

Install libwmf-lite 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 libwmf-lite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwmf-lite

How To Uninstall libwmf-lite on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libwmf-lite package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libwmf-lite

libwmf-lite Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/98eb16111949e60815ecaf2a2039a3af5df743
/usr/lib64/libwmflite-0.2.so.7
/usr/lib64/libwmflite-0.2.so.7.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libwmf-lite
/usr/share/doc/libwmf-lite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwmf-lite/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libwmf-lite/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/b8e2e5e76e06cf79ba7cc60382b76dd285d290
/usr/lib/libwmflite-0.2.so.7
/usr/lib/libwmflite-0.2.so.7.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libwmf-lite
/usr/share/doc/libwmf-lite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwmf-lite/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libwmf-lite/README

References

libwmf-lite website

Summary

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