How To Install graphviz-gd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install graphviz-gd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. graphviz-gd.x86_64 is Graphviz plugin for renderers based on gd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install graphviz-gd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is graphviz-gd.x86_64

Graphviz plugin for renderers based on gd. (Unless you absolutely have to use GIF, you are recommended to use the PNG format instead because of the better quality anti-aliased lines provided by the cairo+pango based renderer.)

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

Install graphviz-gd.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 graphviz-gd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install graphviz-gd.x86_64

How To Uninstall graphviz-gd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the graphviz-gd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove graphviz-gd.x86_64

graphviz-gd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/graphviz/libgvplugin_gd.so.6
/usr/lib64/graphviz/libgvplugin_gd.so.6.0.0

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Summary

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