How To Install libpng on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng
on CentOS 7.
What is libpng
The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. PNG is a bit-mapped graphics format similar to the GIF format. PNG was created to replace the GIF format, since GIF uses a patented data compression algorithm. Libpng should be installed if you need to manipulate PNG format image files. The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. PNG is a bit-mapped graphics format similar to the GIF format. PNG was created to replace the GIF format, since GIF uses a patented data compression algorithm. Libpng should be installed if you need to manipulate PNG format image files.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libpng
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpng.
Install libpng on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install libpng
using yum
by running the following command:
Install libpng 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.
After updating yum database, We can install libpng
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libpng on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libpng
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.