How To Install imlib2 on CentOS 8

imlib2 is Image loading, saving, rendering, and manipulation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imlib2 on CentOS 8.

What is imlib2

Imlib 2 is a library that does image file loading and saving as well as rendering, manipulation, arbitrary polygon support, etc. It does ALL of these operations FAST. Imlib2 also tries to be highly intelligent about doing them, so writing naive programs can be done easily, without sacrificing speed. This is a complete rewrite over the Imlib 1.x series. The architecture is more modular, simple, and flexible.

We can use yum or dnf to install imlib2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install imlib2.

Install imlib2 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 imlib2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install imlib2

Install imlib2 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 imlib2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install imlib2

How To Uninstall imlib2 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the imlib2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove imlib2

imlib2 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/5a311f5bdbbe2411ac58d6d7859b74e3ce92b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/4ee211d051a3543cb92906a4c3088f9e6099e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/15668328d0d43389217de022cd8759de8005e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/49321659f133aef572d93355818ab50406ad97
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/628617a5c1677d844f9938fcbe2edb5606f1bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/d5fbe1111917d91f0300d50f6d72e090340ad7
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/e0024a645bf047e881a929b6417b6b5b447349
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/fd7d3c45aec4443d73aa1d4a926a5938f0caa7
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/dd6fcd59dbbe149e03a10e30650861a2fb0840
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/3b5a1b60e20016e8f78d96412dda0a02129f93
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/7f241ad5d2b1ec166b08e0462bfea71f46abad
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/cfe9bcedb95831eaccfd1b82bed7d0f3508e74
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/b5b907841f49ea100bc26432d55bf5ce18c88b
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/7abbf193fc7f51cdd2a9dca35c065e3f19b8e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/44c6246ba15995f6d4c9f173d426101298d08b
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/cf84b586e84cc93f47d6926878b51acc67d3e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/0b49b2cd38b276a2bf89d3244902fc99f015ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/0f221f5aeb8e90ee3311630d45506e66a22721
/usr/lib64/imlib2
/usr/lib64/imlib2/filters
/usr/lib64/imlib2/filters/bumpmap.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/filters/colormod.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/filters/testfilter.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/argb.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/bmp.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/bz2.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/ff.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/gif.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/jpeg.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/lbm.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/png.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/pnm.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/tga.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/tiff.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/xpm.so
/usr/lib64/imlib2/loaders/zlib.so
/usr/lib64/libImlib2.so.1
/usr/lib64/libImlib2.so.1.4.9
/usr/share/doc/imlib2
/usr/share/doc/imlib2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/imlib2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/imlib2/README
/usr/share/doc/imlib2/TODO

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install imlib2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.