How To Install pixman on AlmaLinux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pixman on AlmaLinux 8.

What is pixman

Pixman is a pixel manipulation library for X and Cairo.

We can use yum or dnf to install pixman on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pixman.

Install pixman 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 pixman using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pixman

Install pixman 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 pixman using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pixman

How To Uninstall pixman on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the pixman package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pixman

References

• pixman website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pixman on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.