How To Install pngnq on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pngnq in Fedora 36. pngnq is Pngnq is a tool for quantizing PNG images in RGBA format

Introduction

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

What is `pngnq`

Pngnq is a tool for quantizing PNG images in RGBA format. The neuquant algorithm uses a neural network to optimise the color map selection. This is fast and quite accurate, giving good results on many types of images.

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

Install pngnq 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 pngnq using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pngnq

Install pngnq 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 pngnq using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pngnq

How To Uninstall pngnq on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pngnq

pngnq Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pngcomp
/usr/bin/pngnq
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/594b4c83d77908f73bd04adee256cfaf25e339
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/bf9224a2c2bf89cec3b4a24493060788c5bd85
/usr/share/doc/pngnq
/usr/share/doc/pngnq/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pngnq/README
/usr/share/man/man1/pngnq.1.gz

References

pngnq website

Summary

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