How To Install libvisio on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvisio on CentOS 8.
What is libvisio
libvisio is library providing ability to interpret and import Microsoft Visio diagrams into various applications. You can find it being used in LibreOffice. libvisio 0.1.6 2.el8 x86_64 262 k libvisio-0.1.6-2.el8.src.rpm appstream A library for import of Microsoft Visio diagrams http MPLv2.0 libvisio is library providing ability to interpret and import Microsoft Visio diagrams into various applications. You can find it being used in LibreOffice.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvisio on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvisio.
Install libvisio 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 libvisio using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvisio
Install libvisio 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 libvisio using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvisio
How To Uninstall libvisio on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libvisio package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvisio
libvisio Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/ed1cafe32e63c92aaf9e164fd75fe64b50fbb3
/usr/lib/libvisio-0.1.so.1
/usr/lib/libvisio-0.1.so.1.0.6
/usr/share/doc/libvisio
/usr/share/doc/libvisio/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libvisio/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libvisio/README
/usr/share/licenses/libvisio
/usr/share/licenses/libvisio/COPYING.MPL
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/fee4aa59f6455be391341778cfb6799b0568fd
/usr/lib64/libvisio-0.1.so.1
/usr/lib64/libvisio-0.1.so.1.0.6
/usr/share/doc/libvisio
/usr/share/doc/libvisio/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libvisio/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libvisio/README
/usr/share/licenses/libvisio
/usr/share/licenses/libvisio/COPYING.MPL
References
- [libvisio website](http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libvisio http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libvisio)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvisio on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.