How To Install poppler on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install poppler on Rocky Linux 8. poppler is PDF rendering library

Introduction

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

What is `poppler`

poppler is a PDF rendering library.

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

Install poppler on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove poppler

poppler Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/70abed2a0f74af78e938b859b22014c16f7f6b
/usr/lib64/libpoppler.so.104
/usr/lib64/libpoppler.so.104.0.0
/usr/share/doc/poppler
/usr/share/doc/poppler/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/poppler
/usr/share/licenses/poppler/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/77e0c66f82656d0c0def250b7a6b85cd6a3d32
/usr/lib/libpoppler.so.104
/usr/lib/libpoppler.so.104.0.0
/usr/share/doc/poppler
/usr/share/doc/poppler/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/poppler
/usr/share/licenses/poppler/COPYING

References

poppler website

Summary

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