How To Install giflib on CentOS 8

giflib is A library and utilities for processing GIFs A library and utilities for processing GIFs

Introduction

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

What is giflib

giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images. giflib 5.1.4 3.el8 x86_64 51 k giflib-5.1.4-3.el8.src.rpm appstream A library and utilities for processing GIFs http MIT giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images.

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

Install giflib 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 giflib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install giflib

Install giflib 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 giflib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install giflib

How To Uninstall giflib on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove giflib

giflib Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/0ee8bf687bd39f44581c8e1122e5ee1fb614c1
/usr/lib64/libgif.so.7
/usr/lib64/libgif.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/giflib
/usr/share/doc/giflib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/giflib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/giflib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/giflib/README
/usr/share/licenses/giflib
/usr/share/licenses/giflib/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/8adc93d6bfbfff706d67332c0a52a66d825d4e
/usr/lib/libgif.so.7
/usr/lib/libgif.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/giflib
/usr/share/doc/giflib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/giflib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/giflib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/giflib/README
/usr/share/licenses/giflib
/usr/share/licenses/giflib/COPYING

References

Summary

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