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