How To Install libgeotiff-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libgeotiff-devel is Development library and header for the GeoTIFF file format library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libgeotiff-devel

The GeoTIFF library provides support for development of geotiff image format.

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

Install libgeotiff-devel 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 libgeotiff-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgeotiff-devel

Install libgeotiff-devel 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 libgeotiff-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgeotiff-devel

How To Uninstall libgeotiff-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libgeotiff-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgeotiff-devel

libgeotiff-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/libgeotiff
/usr/include/libgeotiff/cpl_serv.h
/usr/include/libgeotiff/epsg_datum.inc
/usr/include/libgeotiff/epsg_ellipse.inc
/usr/include/libgeotiff/epsg_gcs.inc
/usr/include/libgeotiff/epsg_pcs.inc
/usr/include/libgeotiff/epsg_pm.inc
/usr/include/libgeotiff/epsg_proj.inc
/usr/include/libgeotiff/epsg_units.inc
/usr/include/libgeotiff/epsg_vertcs.inc
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geo_config.h
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geo_ctrans.inc
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geo_keyp.h
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geo_normalize.h
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geo_simpletags.h
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geo_tiffp.h
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geokeys.h
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geokeys.inc
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geonames.h
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geotiff.h
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geotiffio.h
/usr/include/libgeotiff/geovalues.h
/usr/include/libgeotiff/xtiffio.h
/usr/lib64/libgeotiff.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libgeotiff.pc

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Summary

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