How To Install libpng15 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng15 in Fedora 36. libpng15 is Old version of libpng, needed to run old binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng15 on Fedora 36.

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install libpng15 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpng15.

Install libpng15 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 libpng15 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpng15

Install libpng15 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 libpng15 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpng15

How To Uninstall libpng15 on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libpng15

libpng15 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/3b314135a2bd089cabc4851b95f035f5ef5f02
/usr/lib64/libpng15.so.15
/usr/lib64/libpng15.so.15.30.0
/usr/share/doc/libpng15
/usr/share/doc/libpng15/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng15 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng15 on Fedora 36.

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install libpng15 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpng15.

Install libpng15 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 libpng15 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpng15

Install libpng15 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 libpng15 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpng15

How To Uninstall libpng15 on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libpng15

libpng15 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/5fa9332ae372c97f2fbd92c47ec931370cb369
/usr/lib/libpng15.so.15
/usr/lib/libpng15.so.15.30.0
/usr/share/doc/libpng15
/usr/share/doc/libpng15/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng15 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).