How To Install libtiff.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtiff.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libtiff.x86_64 is Library of functions for manipulating TIFF format image files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtiff.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libtiff.x86_64`

The libtiff package contains a library of functions for manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files. TIFF is a widely used file format for bitmapped images. TIFF files usually end in the .tif extension and they are often quite large. The libtiff package should be installed if you need to manipulate TIFF format image files.

We can use yum to install libtiff.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtiff.x86_64.

Install libtiff.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libtiff.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libtiff.x86_64

How To Uninstall libtiff.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libtiff.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libtiff.x86_64

libtiff.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libtiff.so.5
/usr/lib64/libtiff.so.5.2.0
/usr/lib64/libtiffxx.so.5
/usr/lib64/libtiffxx.so.5.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libtiff-4.0.3
/usr/share/doc/libtiff-4.0.3/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/libtiff-4.0.3/README
/usr/share/doc/libtiff-4.0.3/RELEASE-DATE
/usr/share/doc/libtiff-4.0.3/VERSION

References

libtiff.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtiff.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.