How To Install libpng15 on Fedora 34

libpng15 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 libpng15 on Fedora 34.

What is `libpng15`

The libpng15 package provides libpng 1.5, 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. libpng15 1.5.30 12.fc34 x86_64 94 k libpng15-1.5.30-12.fc34.src.rpm fedora Old version of libpng, needed to run old binaries http zlib The libpng15 package provides libpng 1.5, 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 libpng15 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpng15.

Install libpng15 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 libpng15 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpng15

Install libpng15 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 libpng15 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpng15

How To Uninstall libpng15 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libpng15 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libpng15

libpng15 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/d789e7c5c5d194194e1268094bc09149c814e8
/usr/lib/libpng15.so.15
/usr/lib/libpng15.so.15.30.0
/usr/share/doc/libpng15
/usr/share/doc/libpng15/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/9fce07c06f3235dd2914a82273a74a89a87acb
/usr/lib64/libpng15.so.15
/usr/lib64/libpng15.so.15.30.0
/usr/share/doc/libpng15
/usr/share/doc/libpng15/LICENSE

References

[libpng15 website](http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/ http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng15 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.