How To Install libpng12 on Fedora 34

libpng12 is Old version of libpng, needed to run old binaries Old version of libpng, needed to run old binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng12 on Fedora 34.

What is `libpng12`

The libpng12 package provides libpng 1.2, an older version of the libpng library for manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. This version should be used only if you are unable to use the current version of libpng. libpng12 1.2.57 13.fc34 x86_64 154 k libpng12-1.2.57-13.fc34.src.rpm fedora Old version of libpng, needed to run old binaries http zlib The libpng12 package provides libpng 1.2, an older version of the libpng library for manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. This version should be used only if you are unable to use the current version of libpng.

We can use yum or dnf to install libpng12 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpng12.

Install libpng12 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 libpng12 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpng12

Install libpng12 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 libpng12 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpng12

How To Uninstall libpng12 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libpng12 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libpng12

libpng12 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/906fd4dcd55e53ef7b2e4494c883b951f98677
/usr/lib/libpng12.so.0
/usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.57.0
/usr/share/doc/libpng12
/usr/share/doc/libpng12/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/libpng12/README
/usr/share/doc/libpng12/TODO
/usr/share/doc/libpng12/libpng-1.2.57.txt
/usr/share/licenses/libpng12
/usr/share/licenses/libpng12/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/67f498a6e7ed213e6968d1e518314ba801c206
/usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0.57.0
/usr/share/doc/libpng12
/usr/share/doc/libpng12/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/libpng12/README
/usr/share/doc/libpng12/TODO
/usr/share/doc/libpng12/libpng-1.2.57.txt
/usr/share/licenses/libpng12
/usr/share/licenses/libpng12/LICENSE

References

[libpng12 website](http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/ http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng12 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.