How To Install kf5-libkexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-libkexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-libkexiv2 is A wrapper around Exiv2 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-libkexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is kf5-libkexiv2

Libkexiv2 is a wrapper around Exiv2 library to manipulate pictures metadata as EXIF IPTC and XMP.

We can use yum or dnf to install kf5-libkexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kf5-libkexiv2.

Install kf5-libkexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kf5-libkexiv2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kf5-libkexiv2

Install kf5-libkexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kf5-libkexiv2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kf5-libkexiv2

How To Uninstall kf5-libkexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kf5-libkexiv2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kf5-libkexiv2

kf5-libkexiv2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/50c6507c20c95fa5456b8bcb541c66d3ad619b
/usr/lib64/libKF5KExiv2.so.15.0.0
/usr/lib64/libKF5KExiv2.so.5.0.0
/usr/share/doc/kf5-libkexiv2
/usr/share/doc/kf5-libkexiv2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/kf5-libkexiv2/README
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-libkexiv2
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-libkexiv2/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-libkexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.