How To Install pngcrush on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pngcrush on AlmaLinux 8.
What is pngcrush
pngcrush is a commandline optimizer for PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files. Its main purpose is to reduce the size of the PNG IDAT datastream by trying various compression levels and PNG filter methods. It also can be used to remove unwanted ancillary chunks, or to add certain chunks including gAMA, tRNS, iCCP, and textual chunks.
We can use yum or dnf to install pngcrush on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pngcrush.
Install pngcrush 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 pngcrush using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pngcrush
Install pngcrush 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 pngcrush using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pngcrush
How To Uninstall pngcrush on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the pngcrush package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pngcrush
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pngcrush on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
