How To Install giflib on Fedora 34

giflib is A library and utilities for processing GIFs A library and utilities for processing GIFs

Introduction

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

What is giflib

giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images. giflib 5.2.1 7.fc34 x86_64 49 k giflib-5.2.1-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora A library and utilities for processing GIFs http MIT giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images.

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

Install giflib 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 giflib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install giflib

Install giflib 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 giflib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install giflib

How To Uninstall giflib on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove giflib

giflib Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/9b7087618d1a7e5368a80184c22a1da52810a0
/usr/lib64/libgif.so.7
/usr/lib64/libgif.so.7.2.0
/usr/share/doc/giflib
/usr/share/doc/giflib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/giflib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/giflib/README
/usr/share/licenses/giflib
/usr/share/licenses/giflib/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/0ac04f75cf645670709b744402f03ea97ecf40
/usr/lib/libgif.so.7
/usr/lib/libgif.so.7.2.0
/usr/share/doc/giflib
/usr/share/doc/giflib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/giflib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/giflib/README
/usr/share/licenses/giflib
/usr/share/licenses/giflib/COPYING

References

Summary

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