How To Install poppler on AlmaLinux 8

Introduction

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

What is poppler

poppler is a PDF rendering library.

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

Install poppler 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 poppler using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install poppler

Install poppler 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 poppler using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install poppler

How To Uninstall poppler on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove poppler

References

• poppler website

Summary

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