How To Install pngquant on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pngquant
on CentOS 7.
What is pngquant
pngquant converts 24/32-bit RGBA PNG images to 8-bit palette with alpha channel preserved. Such images are compatible with all modern web browsers and a compatibility setting is available to help transparency degrade well in Internet Explorer 6. Quantized files are often 40-70 percent smaller than their 24/32-bit version. pngquant uses the median cut algorithm.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install pngquant
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pngquant.
Install pngquant on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install pngquant
using yum
by running the following command:
Install pngquant 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.
After updating yum database, We can install pngquant
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall pngquant on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pngquant
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pngquant
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.