How To Install poppler-utils on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install poppler-utils on CentOS 8. poppler-utils is Command line utilities for converting PDF files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install poppler-utils on CentOS 8.

What is poppler-utils

Command line tools for manipulating PDF files and converting them to other formats.

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

Install poppler-utils on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install poppler-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install poppler-utils

Install poppler-utils on CentOS 8 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.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install poppler-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install poppler-utils

How To Uninstall poppler-utils on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove poppler-utils

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Summary

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