How To Install evince-libs on CentOS 8
evince-libs is Libraries for the evince document viewer Libraries for the evince document viewer
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install evince-libs on CentOS 8.
What is evince-libs
This package contains shared libraries needed for evince evince-libs 3.28.4 11.el8 x86_64 399 k evince-3.28.4-11.el8.src.rpm appstream Libraries for the evince document viewer https GPLv2+ and GPLv3+ and LGPLv2+ and MIT and Afmparse This package contains shared libraries needed for evince
We can use yum or dnf to install evince-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install evince-libs.
Install evince-libs 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 evince-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install evince-libs
Install evince-libs 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 evince-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install evince-libs
How To Uninstall evince-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the evince-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove evince-libs
evince-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/edce4a4a2b09d9f7ec78b3fa9d443bfba6e293
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/4991c310005aa04e2d19a1c2c0f24381676072
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/d1fa7edd09ff6b431552ca2be1bc858676872b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/ab5b339b99e2c7130b009f073b5bbeb21d6a05
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/2d595098ec3c3fb8770eb4d412fe5c9b7afcae
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/0b3c6dfa2275f801aa994f2a44a710064ca84b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/d39365700dc8b12ff736a5deaba75374ecb425
/usr/lib/evince
/usr/lib/evince/4
/usr/lib/evince/4/backends
/usr/lib/evince/4/backends/comicsdocument.evince-backend
/usr/lib/evince/4/backends/libcomicsdocument.so
/usr/lib/evince/4/backends/libpdfdocument.so
/usr/lib/evince/4/backends/libpsdocument.so
/usr/lib/evince/4/backends/libtiffdocument.so
/usr/lib/evince/4/backends/libxpsdocument.so
/usr/lib/evince/4/backends/pdfdocument.evince-backend
/usr/lib/evince/4/backends/psdocument.evince-backend
/usr/lib/evince/4/backends/tiffdocument.evince-backend
/usr/lib/evince/4/backends/xpsdocument.evince-backend
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/EvinceDocument-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/EvinceView-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libevdocument3.so.4
/usr/lib/libevdocument3.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib/libevview3.so.3
/usr/lib/libevview3.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/doc/evince-libs
/usr/share/doc/evince-libs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/evince-libs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/evince-libs/README
/usr/share/licenses/evince-libs
/usr/share/licenses/evince-libs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/c3c6716fb965131a414e749e66d7c7266a27a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/8c78d480ce7e18c5382137b6733fa98ee3177b
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/0d4a3f4e2afacd884ee6f6986415e514ba1513
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/dbf7bc10fea72ff4daa104a3bd4cab3ec9fc39
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/6eb44a28129dad538046e89ba144fc38a4e6cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/e5170883fbf3f1963f791c92d28ccb290186b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/ec9248e5e80443de8e08cdc39bb0180ef78065
/usr/lib64/evince
/usr/lib64/evince/4
/usr/lib64/evince/4/backends
/usr/lib64/evince/4/backends/comicsdocument.evince-backend
/usr/lib64/evince/4/backends/libcomicsdocument.so
/usr/lib64/evince/4/backends/libpdfdocument.so
/usr/lib64/evince/4/backends/libpsdocument.so
/usr/lib64/evince/4/backends/libtiffdocument.so
/usr/lib64/evince/4/backends/libxpsdocument.so
/usr/lib64/evince/4/backends/pdfdocument.evince-backend
/usr/lib64/evince/4/backends/psdocument.evince-backend
/usr/lib64/evince/4/backends/tiffdocument.evince-backend
/usr/lib64/evince/4/backends/xpsdocument.evince-backend
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/EvinceDocument-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/EvinceView-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libevdocument3.so.4
/usr/lib64/libevdocument3.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib64/libevview3.so.3
/usr/lib64/libevview3.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/doc/evince-libs
/usr/share/doc/evince-libs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/evince-libs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/evince-libs/README
/usr/share/licenses/evince-libs
/usr/share/licenses/evince-libs/COPYING
References
- [evince-libs website](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install evince-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.