How To Install giflib-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib-utils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. giflib-utils.x86_64 is Programs for manipulating GIF format image files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `giflib-utils.x86_64`

The giflib-utils package contains various programs for manipulating GIF format image files. Install it if you need to manipulate GIF format image files.

We can use yum to install giflib-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install giflib-utils.x86_64.

Install giflib-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install giflib-utils.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install giflib-utils.x86_64

How To Uninstall giflib-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the giflib-utils.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove giflib-utils.x86_64

giflib-utils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/gif2epsn
/usr/bin/gif2ps
/usr/bin/gif2rgb
/usr/bin/gif2x11
/usr/bin/gifasm
/usr/bin/gifbg
/usr/bin/gifburst
/usr/bin/gifclip
/usr/bin/gifclrmp
/usr/bin/gifcolor
/usr/bin/gifcomb
/usr/bin/gifcompose
/usr/bin/giffiltr
/usr/bin/giffix
/usr/bin/gifflip
/usr/bin/gifhisto
/usr/bin/gifinfo
/usr/bin/gifinter
/usr/bin/gifinto
/usr/bin/gifovly
/usr/bin/gifpos
/usr/bin/gifrotat
/usr/bin/gifrsize
/usr/bin/gifspnge
/usr/bin/giftext
/usr/bin/gifwedge
/usr/bin/icon2gif
/usr/bin/raw2gif
/usr/bin/rgb2gif
/usr/bin/text2gif

References

giflib-utils.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.