How To Install optipng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install optipng.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. optipng.x86_64 is PNG optimizer and converter

Introduction

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

What is `optipng.x86_64`

OptiPNG is a PNG optimizer that recompresses image files to a smaller size, without losing any information. This program also converts external formats (BMP, GIF, PNM and TIFF) to optimized PNG, and performs PNG integrity checks and corrections.

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

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

sudo yum -y install optipng.x86_64

How To Uninstall optipng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove optipng.x86_64

optipng.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/optipng
/usr/share/doc/optipng-0.7.7
/usr/share/doc/optipng-0.7.7/AUTHORS.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng-0.7.7/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng-0.7.7/history.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng-0.7.7/optipng.man.html
/usr/share/doc/optipng-0.7.7/optipng.man.pdf
/usr/share/doc/optipng-0.7.7/optipng.man.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng-0.7.7/png_optimization.html
/usr/share/doc/optipng-0.7.7/todo.txt
/usr/share/licenses/optipng-0.7.7
/usr/share/licenses/optipng-0.7.7/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/optipng.1.gz

References

optipng.x86_64 website

Summary

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