How To Install gimp-libs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-libs on CentOS 8.
What is gimp-libs
The gimp-libs package contains shared libraries needed for the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).
We can use yum or dnf to install gimp-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gimp-libs.
Install gimp-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 gimp-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gimp-libs
Install gimp-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 gimp-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gimp-libs
How To Uninstall gimp-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gimp-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gimp-libs
gimp-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/09f709dff627f7c06ced7bcf47829c173aee8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/b5cc60846415393342f7d3e2402fceb5042932
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/ee35319f035b2675bec36bdfc64c73bfce609e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/1e2e72130bdfefa98fed9668a8ec8d89cf79ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/03ce2f590a170efca3c54e221e96650d4ffa97
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/261cff5e129a9e0a385db0fb560213aa0ff308
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/6c9e633a3adc63e706d34f3a754ad90a2584ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/ae0feecb8ca547f39ef3213a44ccf7838efabf
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/fd4699f92f9cbbaa86df46ec87588e3d7b0e35
/usr/lib64/libgimp-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimp-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpbase-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpbase-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpcolor-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpcolor-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpconfig-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpconfig-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpmath-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpmath-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpmodule-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpmodule-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpthumb-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpthumb-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpui-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpui-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/lib64/libgimpwidgets-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgimpwidgets-2.0.so.0.800.22
/usr/share/doc/gimp-libs
/usr/share/doc/gimp-libs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gimp-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gimp-libs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gimp-libs/README
/usr/share/licenses/gimp-libs
/usr/share/licenses/gimp-libs/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.