How To Install libiptcdata on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiptcdata on Rocky Linux 8. libiptcdata is IPTC tag library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiptcdata on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libiptcdata`

libiptcdata is a library for parsing, editing, and saving IPTC data stored inside images. IPTC is a standard for encoding metadata such as captions, titles, locations, etc. in the headers of an image file. libiptcdata also includes a command-line utility for modifying the metadata.

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

Install libiptcdata 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 libiptcdata using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libiptcdata

Install libiptcdata 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 libiptcdata using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libiptcdata

How To Uninstall libiptcdata on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libiptcdata package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libiptcdata

libiptcdata Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/iptc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/2d20add59191f3885e3896fe9a382a8d3d7a84
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/1541ca4f49fcc923ecdddf597968b63096e155
/usr/lib/libiptcdata.so.0
/usr/lib/libiptcdata.so.0.3.3
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/README
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/TODO
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/iptc.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libiptcdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/iptc.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libiptcdata.mo
/usr/bin/iptc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/b41747365538016f6d464a5247b3c17944573e
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/04004bece52b4fdd9d463ac2f0c2ad295c1bdc
/usr/lib64/libiptcdata.so.0
/usr/lib64/libiptcdata.so.0.3.3
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/README
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/TODO
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/iptc.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libiptcdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/iptc.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libiptcdata.mo

References

libiptcdata website

Summary

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