How To Install aalib on CentOS 8

aalib is ASCII art library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aalib on CentOS 8.

What is aalib

AA-lib is a low level gfx library just as many other libraries are. The main difference is that AA-lib does not require graphics device. In fact, there is no graphical output possible. AA-lib replaces those old-fashioned output methods with a powerful ASCII art renderer. The API is designed to be similar to other graphics libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install aalib on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install aalib.

Install aalib on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install aalib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install aalib

Install aalib on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install aalib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install aalib

How To Uninstall aalib on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the aalib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove aalib

aalib Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/aafire
/usr/bin/aainfo
/usr/bin/aasavefont
/usr/bin/aatest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/504d16e31ac116bd0524b2a044bcaaaa7502bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/48f7ec78e7b17bd97944e40e29fdd38a983285
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/73a787aff6b6c986033becb16bef2058169e6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/3acd4a7acb48bedba7f8831c729e3cc6454c45
/usr/share/man/man1/aafire.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aalib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.