How To Install gdk-pixbuf2-modules on CentOS 8

gdk-pixbuf2-modules is Additional image modules for gdk-pixbuf Additional image modules for gdk-pixbuf

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdk-pixbuf2-modules on CentOS 8.

What is `gdk-pixbuf2-modules`

This package contains the additional modules that are needed to load various image formats such as ICO and JPEG. gdk-pixbuf2-modules 2.36.12 5.el8 x86_64 109 k gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-5.el8.src.rpm appstream Additional image modules for gdk-pixbuf http LGPLv2+ This package contains the additional modules that are needed to load various image formats such as ICO and JPEG.

We can use yum or dnf to install gdk-pixbuf2-modules on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gdk-pixbuf2-modules.

Install gdk-pixbuf2-modules 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 gdk-pixbuf2-modules using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gdk-pixbuf2-modules

Install gdk-pixbuf2-modules 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 gdk-pixbuf2-modules using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gdk-pixbuf2-modules

How To Uninstall gdk-pixbuf2-modules on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gdk-pixbuf2-modules package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gdk-pixbuf2-modules

gdk-pixbuf2-modules Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/3ceec7fd914f2f36fe952a26dd92cbb34abab7
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
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/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/98e0a73bf61c0138cc4351755f8ab7f6d211de
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/295e7482d5f139f4a05033bcc5dc57ed0b4d20
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/94a8c07924c783ea3ba979ba555e96e05db31f
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/063f562d15b760bf2b9422ab9a850f616dcd31
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/4ea9b917f23d3980fcdcdb332703edacab494d
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/03413e32ae8c8cad02f925cd1c01be7251c6c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/2acea5e88d0daabec550ddde69b0dd8c526398
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-ani.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-bmp.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-gif.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-icns.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-ico.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jasper.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-pnm.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-qtif.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-tga.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-tiff.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xbm.so
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xpm.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/95df11e597e2a23c7877841b51732b8a5c386d
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/usr/lib/.build-id/34/29e603e0f8e8ff8f79bf188c572b8d62e847d1
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/usr/lib/.build-id/be/de7ae90be3d485b5bbcf71bbc64e2ec732225e
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/568a019e59957a54e731ea7d0a6d72a06ab36d
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-ani.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-bmp.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-gif.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-icns.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-ico.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jasper.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-pnm.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-qtif.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-tga.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-tiff.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xbm.so
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xpm.so

References

[gdk-pixbuf2-modules website](http://www.gtk.org http://www.gtk.org)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdk-pixbuf2-modules on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.