How To Install optipng on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install optipng in Fedora 36. optipng is PNG optimizer and converter

Introduction

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

What is optipng

OptiPNG is a PNG optimizer that recompresses image files to a smaller size, without losing any information. This program also converts external formats (BMP, GIF, PNM and TIFF) to optimized PNG, and performs PNG integrity checks and corrections.

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

Install optipng 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 optipng using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install optipng

Install optipng 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 optipng using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install optipng

How To Uninstall optipng on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove optipng

optipng Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/optipng
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/6c16712377ae37e365d4c0d7197f32cce6c9f4
/usr/share/doc/optipng
/usr/share/doc/optipng/AUTHORS.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng/history.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng/optipng.man.html
/usr/share/doc/optipng/optipng.man.pdf
/usr/share/doc/optipng/optipng.man.txt
/usr/share/doc/optipng/png_optimization.html
/usr/share/doc/optipng/todo.txt
/usr/share/licenses/optipng
/usr/share/licenses/optipng/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/optipng.1.gz

References

Summary

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