How To Install cairo on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cairo on CentOS 7. cairo is A 2D graphics library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cairo on CentOS 7.

What is cairo

Cairo is a 2D graphics library designed to provide high-quality display and print output. Currently supported output targets include the X Window System, in-memory image buffers, and image files (PDF, PostScript, and SVG). Cairo is designed to produce consistent output on all output media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available. Cairo is a 2D graphics library designed to provide high-quality display and print output. Currently supported output targets include the X Window System, in-memory image buffers, and image files (PDF, PostScript, and SVG). Cairo is designed to produce consistent output on all output media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available.

We can use yum or dnf to install cairo on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cairo.

Install cairo on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cairo

Install cairo on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install cairo

How To Uninstall cairo on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cairo

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cairo on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.