How To Install cptutils on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cptutils on CentOS 7.
What is cptutils
The cptutils package contains a number of utilities for the manipulation of color gradients; mainly for translating between different formats. Formats supported include ggr (GIMP gradient), cpt (GMT color palette table), avl (Arcview Legend), lut (xmedcon), svg, and version 3 of the grd format. The cptutils package was written to aid the construction of the cpt archive cpt-city http where thousands of gradients can be downloaded.
We can use yum or dnf to install cptutils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cptutils.
Install cptutils on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cptutils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cptutils
Install cptutils 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 cptutils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cptutils
How To Uninstall cptutils on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cptutils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cptutils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cptutils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
