How To Install root-graf-postscript on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-graf-postscript on Rocky Linux 8. root-graf-postscript is Postscript/PDF renderer library for ROOT

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-graf-postscript on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `root-graf-postscript`

This package contains a library for ROOT, which allows rendering postscript and PDF output.

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

Install root-graf-postscript 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 root-graf-postscript using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-graf-postscript

Install root-graf-postscript 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 root-graf-postscript using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-graf-postscript

How To Uninstall root-graf-postscript on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the root-graf-postscript package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-graf-postscript

root-graf-postscript Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TImageDump.h
/usr/include/root/TPDF.h
/usr/include/root/TPostScript.h
/usr/include/root/TSVG.h
/usr/include/root/TTeXDump.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/9737335e35b5b25553df6bd79eca40e798fcf7
/usr/lib64/root/libPostscript.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libPostscript.so
/usr/lib64/root/libPostscript.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libPostscript.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libPostscript_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/TVirtualPS/P010_TPostScript.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TVirtualPS/P020_TSVG.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TVirtualPS/P030_TPDF.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TVirtualPS/P040_TImageDump.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TVirtualPS/P050_TTeXDump.C

References

root-graf-postscript website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-graf-postscript on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.