How To Install giflib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. giflib.x86_64 is Library for manipulating GIF format image files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `giflib.x86_64`

The giflib package contains a shared library of functions for loading and saving GIF format image files. It is API and ABI compatible with libungif, the library which supported uncompressed GIFs while the Unisys LZW patent was in effect.

We can use yum to install giflib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install giflib.x86_64.

Install giflib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install giflib.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install giflib.x86_64

How To Uninstall giflib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the giflib.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove giflib.x86_64

giflib.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libgif.so.4
/usr/lib64/libgif.so.4.1.6
/usr/lib64/libungif.so.4
/usr/lib64/libungif.so.4.1.6
/usr/share/doc/giflib-4.1.6
/usr/share/doc/giflib-4.1.6/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/giflib-4.1.6/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/giflib-4.1.6/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/giflib-4.1.6/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/giflib-4.1.6/README

References

giflib.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.