How To Install giflib on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib in Fedora 36. giflib is A library and utilities for processing GIFs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib on Fedora 36.

What is giflib

giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images.

We can use yum or dnf to install giflib on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install giflib.

Install giflib on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install giflib

Install giflib on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 36

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

sudo dnf remove giflib

giflib Package Contents on Fedora 36

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## Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install `giflib` on Fedora 36.

### What is `giflib`

> giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images.  

We can use `yum` or `dnf` to install `giflib` on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install giflib.

## Install giflib on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install giflib

Install giflib on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install giflib using yum by running the following command: /usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/0f /usr/lib/.build-id/0f/d3359f22f2b1ab9621ea8fc821dbe249c2038c /usr/lib64/libgif.so.7 /usr/lib64/libgif.so.7.1.0 /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

sudo yum -y install giflib

How To Uninstall giflib on Fedora 36



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


* [giflib website](http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/)

## Summary
```bash

sudo dnf remove giflib

In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

giflib Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/9fa22b5feb3e6dcfb08175c9ae0ee99127edba
/usr/lib/libgif.so.7
/usr/lib/libgif.so.7.1.0
/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 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).