How To Install qpdf-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qpdf-libs on Rocky Linux 8. qpdf-libs is QPDF library for transforming PDF files

Introduction

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

What is qpdf-libs

QPDF is a C++ library that inspect and manipulate the structure of PDF files. It can encrypt and linearize files, expose the internals of a PDF file, and do many other operations useful to PDF developers.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install qpdf-libs

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

sudo yum -y install qpdf-libs

How To Uninstall qpdf-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove qpdf-libs

qpdf-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/e1d384e73cdfd339c005f4645c6bbf25cdea7b
/usr/lib64/libqpdf.so.18
/usr/lib64/libqpdf.so.18.2.1
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs/README.md
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/qpdf-libs
/usr/share/licenses/qpdf-libs/Artistic-2.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/92bcaaab4e818dcdeb434a992c9df920fd82ea
/usr/lib/libqpdf.so.18
/usr/lib/libqpdf.so.18.2.1
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs/README.md
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/qpdf-libs
/usr/share/licenses/qpdf-libs/Artistic-2.0

References

Summary

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