How To Install cairo on CentOS 8

cairo is A 2D graphics library A 2D graphics library

Introduction

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

What is cairo

Cairo is a 2D graphics library designed to provide high-quality display and print output. Currently supported output targets include the X Window System, in-memory image buffers, and image files (PDF, PostScript, and SVG). Cairo is designed to produce consistent output on all output media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available. cairo 1.15.12 3.el8 x86_64 721 k cairo-1.15.12-3.el8.src.rpm appstream A 2D graphics library http LGPLv2 or MPLv1.1 Cairo is a 2D graphics library designed to provide high-quality display and print output. Currently supported output targets include the X Window System, in-memory image buffers, and image files (PDF, PostScript, and SVG). Cairo is designed to produce consistent output on all output media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available.

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

Install cairo 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 cairo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cairo

Install cairo 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 cairo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cairo

How To Uninstall cairo on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove cairo

cairo Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/cairo-sphinx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/dd89bdc846e9e986d9af7b643166772615cf86
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/37f24dfa158ba0b2ed50985c21cdd5fcd3405c
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/796549bdcfedd149be57d9a6990a04aa07e19d
/usr/lib64/libcairo-script-interpreter.so.2
/usr/lib64/libcairo-script-interpreter.so.2.11512.0
/usr/lib64/libcairo.so.2
/usr/lib64/libcairo.so.2.11512.0
/usr/share/doc/cairo
/usr/share/doc/cairo/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cairo/BIBLIOGRAPHY
/usr/share/doc/cairo/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/cairo/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cairo/README
/usr/share/licenses/cairo
/usr/share/licenses/cairo/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/cairo/COPYING-LGPL-2.1
/usr/share/licenses/cairo/COPYING-MPL-1.1
/usr/bin/cairo-sphinx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/68876aa49ff44bba7f44df4865c7d09615fc0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/109f9f8780b714ec499322c69c67ee07a8cd47
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/9be24bb07fe7de54efc555599d2ebf1789f843
/usr/lib/libcairo-script-interpreter.so.2
/usr/lib/libcairo-script-interpreter.so.2.11512.0
/usr/lib/libcairo.so.2
/usr/lib/libcairo.so.2.11512.0
/usr/share/doc/cairo
/usr/share/doc/cairo/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cairo/BIBLIOGRAPHY
/usr/share/doc/cairo/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/cairo/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cairo/README
/usr/share/licenses/cairo
/usr/share/licenses/cairo/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/cairo/COPYING-LGPL-2.1
/usr/share/licenses/cairo/COPYING-MPL-1.1

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Summary

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