Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aalib on CentOS 8.
What is aalib
AA-lib is a low level gfx library just as many other libraries are. The main difference is that AA-lib does not require graphics device. In fact, there is no graphical output possible. AA-lib replaces those old-fashioned output methods with a powerful ASCII art renderer. The API is designed to be similar to other graphics libraries.
We can use yum or dnf to install aalib on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install aalib.
Install aalib on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install aalib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install aalib
Install aalib on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install aalib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install aalib
How To Uninstall aalib on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the aalib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove aalib
aalib Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/aafire
/usr/bin/aainfo
/usr/bin/aasavefont
/usr/bin/aatest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/504d16e31ac116bd0524b2a044bcaaaa7502bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/48f7ec78e7b17bd97944e40e29fdd38a983285
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/73a787aff6b6c986033becb16bef2058169e6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/3acd4a7acb48bedba7f8831c729e3cc6454c45
/usr/share/man/man1/aafire.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aalib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
