How To Install optipng on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install optipng on Rocky Linux 8. optipng is PNG optimizer and converter

Introduction

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

What is optipng

OptiPNG is a PNG optimizer that recompresses image files to a smaller size, without losing any information. This program also converts external formats (BMP, GIF, PNM and TIFF) to optimized PNG, and performs PNG integrity checks and corrections.

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

Install optipng 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 optipng using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install optipng

Install optipng 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 optipng using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install optipng

How To Uninstall optipng on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove optipng

optipng Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/optipng
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/a5e099596d1ecd9d682685085eb5a01298ad52
/usr/share/doc/optipng
/usr/share/doc/optipng/AUTHORS.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng/history.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng/optipng.man.html
/usr/share/doc/optipng/optipng.man.pdf
/usr/share/doc/optipng/optipng.man.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng/png_optimization.html
/usr/share/doc/optipng/todo.txt
/usr/share/licenses/optipng
/usr/share/licenses/optipng/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/optipng.1.gz

References

Summary

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