How To Install libcaca on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcaca on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libcaca
libcaca is the Colour AsCii Art library. It provides high level functions for color text drawing, simple primitives for line, polygon and ellipse drawing, as well as powerful image to text conversion routines.
We can use yum or dnf to install libcaca on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcaca.
Install libcaca on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libcaca using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libcaca
Install libcaca on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libcaca using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libcaca
How To Uninstall libcaca on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libcaca package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libcaca
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcaca on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
