How To Install DevIL on Fedora 34

DevIL is A cross-platform image library A cross-platform image library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install DevIL on Fedora 34.

What is DevIL

Developer’s Image Library (DevIL) is a programmer’s library to develop applications with very powerful image loading capabilities, yet is easy for a developer to learn and use. Ultimate control of images is left to the developer, so unnecessary conversions, etc. are not performed. DevIL utilizes a simple, yet powerful, syntax. DevIL can load, save, convert, manipulate, filter and display a wide variety of image formats. DevIL 1.7.8 36.fc34 x86_64 277 k DevIL-1.7.8-36.fc34.src.rpm fedora A cross-platform image library http LGPLv2 Developer’s Image Library (DevIL) is a programmer’s library to develop applications with very powerful image loading capabilities, yet is easy for a developer to learn and use. Ultimate control of images is left to the developer, so unnecessary conversions, etc. are not performed. DevIL utilizes a simple, yet powerful, syntax. DevIL can load, save, convert, manipulate, filter and display a wide variety of image formats.

We can use yum or dnf to install DevIL on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install DevIL.

Install DevIL on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install DevIL using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install DevIL

Install DevIL on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install DevIL using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install DevIL

How To Uninstall DevIL on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove DevIL

DevIL Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ilur
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/d5cf4d13eb28fd961437e112f2e7eb49b88562
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/0af2ac74f9cc98408a8c48db7aa9b484c83e2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/2b3e9f40e8667a15fe123389289c5cca5e1350
/usr/lib/libIL.so.1
/usr/lib/libIL.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib/libILU.so.1
/usr/lib/libILU.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/DevIL
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/README
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/TODO
/usr/bin/ilur
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/3e187d0fe26f269ea9b8976e9a6f8985db2fba
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/c9e9ff4b0c5607005a9d17ced3b093e1ce066c
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/f660382fe1f2e5107f7ba7405216e4b2418f01
/usr/lib64/libIL.so.1
/usr/lib64/libIL.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib64/libILU.so.1
/usr/lib64/libILU.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/DevIL
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/README
/usr/share/doc/DevIL/TODO

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install DevIL on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.