How To Install libavif-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavif-tools in Fedora 36. libavif-tools is Tools to encode and decode AVIF files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavif-tools on Fedora 36.

What is `libavif-tools`

This library aims to be a friendly, portable C implementation of the AV1 Image File Format, as described here https This package holds the commandline tools to encode and decode AVIF files.

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

Install libavif-tools 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 libavif-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libavif-tools

Install libavif-tools 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 libavif-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libavif-tools

How To Uninstall libavif-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the libavif-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libavif-tools

libavif-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/avifdec
/usr/bin/avifenc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/f33f2bc97063c16b4151655c033edffa77ca4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/52525c37b376c71b49345ef669dd46564ea0c0
/usr/share/doc/libavif-tools
/usr/share/doc/libavif-tools/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/libavif-tools/README.md

References

libavif-tools website

Summary

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