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