How To Install gimp-devel-tools on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-devel-tools on CentOS 8.
What is gimp-devel-tools
The gimp-devel-tools package contains gimptool, a helper program to build GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) plug-ins and extensions.
We can use yum or dnf to install gimp-devel-tools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gimp-devel-tools.
Install gimp-devel-tools 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 gimp-devel-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gimp-devel-tools
Install gimp-devel-tools 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 gimp-devel-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gimp-devel-tools
How To Uninstall gimp-devel-tools on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gimp-devel-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gimp-devel-tools
gimp-devel-tools Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/gimptool
/usr/bin/gimptool-2.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/8f715cbfb3e30ec37a7b05a25c3634ba93bc35
/usr/share/man/man1/gimptool-2.0.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gimptool.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-devel-tools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.