How To Install libspng on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is libspng

Libspng is a C library for reading and writing Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format files with a focus on security and ease of use. Libspng is an alternative to libpng, the projects are separate and the APIs are not compatible. libspng 0.6.3 1.fc34 x86_64 37 k libspng-0.6.3-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Simple, modern libpng alternative https BSD Libspng is a C library for reading and writing Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format files with a focus on security and ease of use. Libspng is an alternative to libpng, the projects are separate and the APIs are not compatible.

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

Install libspng 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 libspng using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libspng

Install libspng 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 libspng using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libspng

How To Uninstall libspng on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libspng

libspng Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/baef472b643b40c39dcbff17fbc94a68d18f03
/usr/lib/libspng.so.0
/usr/lib/libspng.so.0.6.3
/usr/share/doc/libspng
/usr/share/doc/libspng/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libspng/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libspng
/usr/share/licenses/libspng/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/2a2257dd9a0daeae4708416c160a51483c5c1b
/usr/lib64/libspng.so.0
/usr/lib64/libspng.so.0.6.2
/usr/share/doc/libspng
/usr/share/doc/libspng/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libspng/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libspng
/usr/share/licenses/libspng/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/b51f6b0845b11fcdda1dd8e919b9efc35975bf
/usr/lib64/libspng.so.0
/usr/lib64/libspng.so.0.6.3
/usr/share/doc/libspng
/usr/share/doc/libspng/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libspng/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libspng
/usr/share/licenses/libspng/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/73764dd6f55d20764033fb1372ea2a04758fb6
/usr/lib/libspng.so.0
/usr/lib/libspng.so.0.6.2
/usr/share/doc/libspng
/usr/share/doc/libspng/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libspng/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libspng
/usr/share/licenses/libspng/LICENSE

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Summary

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