How To Install libwebp-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp-devel on CentOS 8.
What is libwebp-devel
WebP is an image format that does lossy compression of digital photographic images. WebP consists of a codec based on VP8, and a container based on RIFF. Webmasters, web developers and browser developers can use WebP to compress, archive and distribute digital images more efficiently. libwebp-devel 1.0.0 3.el8_4 x86_64 37 k libwebp-1.0.0-3.el8_4.src.rpm appstream Development files for libwebp, a library for the WebP format http BSD WebP is an image format that does lossy compression of digital photographic images. WebP consists of a codec based on VP8, and a container based on RIFF. Webmasters, web developers and browser developers can use WebP to compress, archive and distribute digital images more efficiently.
We can use yum or dnf to install libwebp-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libwebp-devel.
Install libwebp-devel 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 libwebp-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libwebp-devel
Install libwebp-devel 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 libwebp-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libwebp-devel
How To Uninstall libwebp-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libwebp-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libwebp-devel
libwebp-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/webp
/usr/include/webp/decode.h
/usr/include/webp/demux.h
/usr/include/webp/encode.h
/usr/include/webp/mux.h
/usr/include/webp/mux_types.h
/usr/include/webp/types.h
/usr/lib/libwebp.so
/usr/lib/libwebpdecoder.so
/usr/lib/libwebpdemux.so
/usr/lib/libwebpmux.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libwebp.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libwebpdecoder.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libwebpdemux.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libwebpmux.pc
/usr/include/webp
/usr/include/webp/decode.h
/usr/include/webp/demux.h
/usr/include/webp/encode.h
/usr/include/webp/mux.h
/usr/include/webp/mux_types.h
/usr/include/webp/types.h
/usr/lib64/libwebp.so
/usr/lib64/libwebpdecoder.so
/usr/lib64/libwebpdemux.so
/usr/lib64/libwebpmux.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libwebp.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libwebpdecoder.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libwebpdemux.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libwebpmux.pc
References
- [libwebp-devel website](http://webmproject.org/ http://webmproject.org/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.