How To Install pslib on CentOS 8

pslib is C-library to create PostScript files

Introduction

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

What is pslib

pslib is a C-library to create PostScript files on the fly. It offers many drawing primitives, inclusion of png and eps images and a very sophisticated text rendering including hyphenation, kerning and ligatures. It can read external Type1 fonts and embed them into the output file. It supports pdfmarks which makes it in combination with ghostscript’s pdfwriter an alternative for libraries creating PDF.

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

Install pslib 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 pslib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pslib

Install pslib 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 pslib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pslib

How To Uninstall pslib on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove pslib

pslib Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/2665525ee4188457c3fed1f919d9bb99a5140c
/usr/lib64/libps.so.0
/usr/lib64/libps.so.0.4.5
/usr/share/doc/pslib
/usr/share/doc/pslib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pslib/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pslib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pslib/README
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/pslib.mo
/usr/share/pslib
/usr/share/pslib/draft.ps
/usr/share/pslib/exectime.ps
/usr/share/pslib/grid.ps

References

Summary

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