How To Install freetype-devel on CentOS 8
freetype-devel is FreeType development libraries and header files FreeType development libraries and header files
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freetype-devel on CentOS 8.
What is freetype-devel
The freetype-devel package includes the static libraries and header files for the FreeType font rendering engine. Install freetype-devel if you want to develop programs which will use FreeType. freetype-devel 2.9.1 4.el8_3.1 x86_64 464 k freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.src.rpm baseos FreeType development libraries and header files http (FTL or GPLv2+) and BSD and MIT and Public Domain and zlib with acknowledgement The freetype-devel package includes the static libraries and header files for the FreeType font rendering engine. Install freetype-devel if you want to develop programs which will use FreeType.
We can use yum or dnf to install freetype-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freetype-devel.
Install freetype-devel 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 freetype-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install freetype-devel
Install freetype-devel 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 freetype-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install freetype-devel
How To Uninstall freetype-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the freetype-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove freetype-devel
freetype-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/freetype-config
/usr/include/freetype2
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftconfig-32.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftconfig.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftheader.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftmodule.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftoption.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftstdlib.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftadvanc.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftbbox.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftbdf.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftbitmap.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftbzip2.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftcache.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftchapters.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftcid.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftdriver.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/fterrdef.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/fterrors.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftfntfmt.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftgasp.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftglyph.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftgxval.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftgzip.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftimage.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftincrem.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftlcdfil.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftlist.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftlzw.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftmac.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftmm.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftmodapi.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftmoderr.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftotval.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftoutln.h
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/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftpfr.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftrender.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftsizes.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftsnames.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftstroke.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftsynth.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftsystem.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/fttrigon.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/fttypes.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftwinfnt.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/t1tables.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ttnameid.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/tttables.h
/usr/include/freetype2/freetype/tttags.h
/usr/include/freetype2/ft2build.h
/usr/lib/libfreetype.so
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/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/example2.cpp
/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/example3.cpp
/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/example4.cpp
/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/example4.pro
/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/example5.cpp
/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/example5.svg
/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/index.html
/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/metrics.png
/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/metrics2.png
/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/step1.html
/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/step2.html
/usr/share/doc/freetype-devel/tutorial/step3.html
/usr/share/man/man1/freetype-config.1.gz
References
- [freetype-devel website](http://www.freetype.org http://www.freetype.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freetype-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.