How To Install jpegtopnm on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install netpbm-progs

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install netpbm-progs

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is jpegtopnm and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install jpegtopnm on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install jpegtopnm on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install jpegtopnm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install netpbm-progs

Install jpegtopnm on CentOS 8 using yum

Because jpegtopnm is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install jpegtopnm package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install netpbm-progs

How to upgrade (update) a single package jpegtopnm using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like jpegtopnm in this example you should use the following command:

yum update netpbm-progs

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade netpbm-progs

How to Upgrade jpegtopnm on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update netpbm-progs

How To remove jpegtopnm from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the jpegtopnm package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove netpbm-progs

Extra info and code examples

Netpbm is a toolkit for manipulation of graphic images, including conversion of images between a variety of different formats. There are over 220 separate tools in the package including converters for more than 80 graphics formats.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install jpegtopnm using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the jpegtopnm from CentOS 8.

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