How To Install netpbm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install netpbm.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. netpbm.x86_64 is A library for handling different graphics file formats

Introduction

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

What is `netpbm.x86_64`

The netpbm package contains a library of functions which support programs for handling various graphics file formats, including .pbm (portable bitmaps), .pgm (portable graymaps), .pnm (portable anymaps), .ppm (portable pixmaps) and others.

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

Install netpbm.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 netpbm.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install netpbm.x86_64

How To Uninstall netpbm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove netpbm.x86_64

netpbm.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libnetpbm.so.11
/usr/lib64/libnetpbm.so.11.79
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00/COPYRIGHT.PATENT
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00/GPL_LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00/README
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00/copyright_summary

References

netpbm.x86_64 website

Summary

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