How To Install libpng12 on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng12
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libpng12
The libpng12 package provides libpng 1.2, an older version of the libpng library for manipulating PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format files. This version should be used only if you are unable to use the current version of libpng.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libpng12
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpng12.
Install libpng12 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 libpng12
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libpng12
Install libpng12 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 libpng12
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libpng12
How To Uninstall libpng12 on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libpng12
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libpng12
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng12
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.