How To Install libwebp on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libwebp
WebP is an image format that does lossy compression of digital photographic images. WebP consists of a codec based on VP8, and a container based on RIFF. Webmasters, web developers and browser developers can use WebP to compress, archive and distribute digital images more efficiently.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libwebp
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libwebp.
Install libwebp 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 libwebp
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libwebp
Install libwebp 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 libwebp
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libwebp
How To Uninstall libwebp on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libwebp
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libwebp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.