How To Install compface on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compface on CentOS 7.
What is compface
This is the Compface image compression and decompression library and its user tools. Compface converts 48x48 .xbm format (X bitmap) images to a compressed format that can be placed in the X-Face mail header. Some mail programs are able to display such images when opening messages.
We can use yum or dnf to install compface on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compface.
Install compface on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install compface using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install compface
Install compface 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 compface using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install compface
How To Uninstall compface on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the compface package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove compface
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compface on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
