How To Install libpng12 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng12 on CentOS 7.
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. 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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpng12.
Install libpng12 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libpng12 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libpng12
Install libpng12 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 libpng12 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libpng12
How To Uninstall libpng12 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libpng12 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libpng12
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng12 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
