How To Install librsvg2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install librsvg2 on Rocky Linux 8. librsvg2 is An SVG library based on cairo

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librsvg2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `librsvg2`

An SVG library based on cairo.

We can use yum or dnf to install librsvg2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install librsvg2.

Install librsvg2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install librsvg2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install librsvg2

Install librsvg2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install librsvg2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install librsvg2

How To Uninstall librsvg2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the librsvg2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove librsvg2

librsvg2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/b7bd1f207aa61c328c3845fd289b8d366efded
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/c59a47ab5d9d7dfea20e17518afea34c33f754
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-svg.so
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Rsvg-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/librsvg-2.so.2
/usr/lib64/librsvg-2.so.2.42.7
/usr/share/doc/librsvg2
/usr/share/doc/librsvg2/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/librsvg2/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/librsvg2
/usr/share/licenses/librsvg2/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/librsvg2/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/thumbnailers
/usr/share/thumbnailers/librsvg.thumbnailer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/7092868e22da57c73d2a716e0430e1049120b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/00cd6def66bf9cb46b35eae460d724a0c6ad2c
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-svg.so
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Rsvg-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2
/usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.42.7
/usr/share/doc/librsvg2
/usr/share/doc/librsvg2/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/librsvg2/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/librsvg2
/usr/share/licenses/librsvg2/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/librsvg2/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/thumbnailers
/usr/share/thumbnailers/librsvg.thumbnailer

References

librsvg2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librsvg2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.