How To Install libspectre on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspectre on Rocky Linux 8. libspectre is A library for rendering PostScript(TM) documents

Introduction

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

What is libspectre

libspectre is a small library for rendering PostScript(TM) documents. It provides a convenient easy to use API for handling and rendering PostScript documents.

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

Install libspectre 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 libspectre using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libspectre

Install libspectre 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 libspectre using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libspectre

How To Uninstall libspectre on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libspectre

libspectre Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/6be1d069e4f8b133f174d657be84371d8abd79
/usr/lib64/libspectre.so.1
/usr/lib64/libspectre.so.1.1.8
/usr/share/doc/libspectre
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/README
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libspectre
/usr/share/licenses/libspectre/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/9de4a0f3862950ff82bb27c9b121da1f691a66
/usr/lib/libspectre.so.1
/usr/lib/libspectre.so.1.1.8
/usr/share/doc/libspectre
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/README
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libspectre
/usr/share/licenses/libspectre/COPYING

References

Summary

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