How To Install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8. gdk-pixbuf2-xlib is Additional library for using gdk-pixbuf with bare xlib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8.

What is gdk-pixbuf2-xlib

This package contains the old libgdk-pixbuf-xlib library that is needed by some programs to load GdkPixbuf using bare XLib calls. This package contains the old libgdk-pixbuf-xlib library that is needed by some programs to load GdkPixbuf using bare XLib calls.

We can use yum or dnf to install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib.

Install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib

Install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8 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 gdk-pixbuf2-xlib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib

How To Uninstall gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gdk-pixbuf2-xlib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gdk-pixbuf2-xlib

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdk-pixbuf2-xlib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.