How To Install libwebp-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
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.
We can use yum or dnf to install libwebp-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libwebp-devel.
Install libwebp-devel 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 libwebp-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libwebp-devel
Install libwebp-devel 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 libwebp-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libwebp-devel
How To Uninstall libwebp-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libwebp-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libwebp-devel
libwebp-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/webp
/usr/include/webp/decode.h
/usr/include/webp/demux.h
/usr/include/webp/encode.h
/usr/include/webp/mux.h
/usr/include/webp/mux_types.h
/usr/include/webp/types.h
/usr/lib/libwebp.so
/usr/lib/libwebpdecoder.so
/usr/lib/libwebpdemux.so
/usr/lib/libwebpmux.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libwebp.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libwebpdecoder.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libwebpdemux.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libwebpmux.pc
/usr/include/webp
/usr/include/webp/decode.h
/usr/include/webp/demux.h
/usr/include/webp/encode.h
/usr/include/webp/mux.h
/usr/include/webp/mux_types.h
/usr/include/webp/types.h
/usr/lib64/libwebp.so
/usr/lib64/libwebpdecoder.so
/usr/lib64/libwebpdemux.so
/usr/lib64/libwebpmux.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libwebp.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libwebpdecoder.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libwebpdemux.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libwebpmux.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.