How To Install potrace on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install potrace
on CentOS 7.
What is potrace
Potrace is a utility for tracing a bitmap, which means, transforming a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image. The input is a bitmap (PBM, PGM, PPM, or BMP format), and the default output is an encapsulated PostScript file (EPS). A typical use is to create EPS files from scanned data, such as company or university logos, handwritten notes, etc. The resulting image is not “jaggy” like a bitmap, but smooth. It can then be rendered at any resolution. Potrace can currently produce the following output formats PostScript, PDF, SVG (scalable vector graphics), Xfig, Gimppath, and PGM (for easy antialiasing). Additional backends might be added in the future. Mkbitmap is a program distributed with Potrace which can be used to pre-process the input for better tracing behavior on greyscale and color images.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install potrace
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install potrace.
Install potrace on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install potrace
using yum
by running the following command:
Install potrace 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 potrace
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall potrace on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the potrace
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install potrace
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.