How To Install pango on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pango on AlmaLinux 8.
What is pango
Pango is a library for laying out and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization. Pango can be used anywhere that text layout is needed, though most of the work on Pango so far has been done in the context of the GTK+ widget toolkit. Pango forms the core of text and font handling for GTK+. Pango is designed to be modular; the core Pango layout engine can be used with different font backends. The integration of Pango with Cairo provides a complete solution with high quality text handling and graphics rendering.
We can use yum or dnf to install pango on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pango.
Install pango 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 pango using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pango
Install pango 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 pango using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pango
How To Uninstall pango on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the pango package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pango
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pango on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
