How To Install compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 8

compat-exiv2-026 is Compatibility package with the exiv2 library in version 0.26 Compatibility package with the exiv2 library in version 0.26

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 8.

What is compat-exiv2-026

A command line utility to access image metadata, allowing one to * print the Exif metadata of Jpeg images as summary info, interpreted values, or the plain data for each tag * print the Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * print the Jpeg comment of Jpeg images * set, add and delete Exif and Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * adjust the Exif timestamp (that’s how it all started…) * rename Exif image files according to the Exif timestamp * extract, insert and delete Exif metadata (including thumbnails), Iptc metadata and Jpeg comments compat-exiv2-026 0.26 3.el8 x86_64 889 k compat-exiv2-026-0.26-3.el8.src.rpm appstream Compatibility package with the exiv2 library in version 0.26 http GPLv2+ A command line utility to access image metadata, allowing one to * print the Exif metadata of Jpeg images as summary info, interpreted values, or the plain data for each tag * print the Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * print the Jpeg comment of Jpeg images * set, add and delete Exif and Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * adjust the Exif timestamp (that’s how it all started…) * rename Exif image files according to the Exif timestamp * extract, insert and delete Exif metadata (including thumbnails), Iptc metadata and Jpeg comments

We can use yum or dnf to install compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-exiv2-026.

Install compat-exiv2-026 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 compat-exiv2-026 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compat-exiv2-026

Install compat-exiv2-026 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 compat-exiv2-026 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-exiv2-026

How To Uninstall compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the compat-exiv2-026 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove compat-exiv2-026

compat-exiv2-026 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/994079212ecfb3a116b07a3cc0a8fa19c34ccc
/usr/lib/libexiv2.so.26
/usr/lib/libexiv2.so.26.0.0
/usr/share/doc/compat-exiv2-026
/usr/share/doc/compat-exiv2-026/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/compat-exiv2-026/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/9a1c710606e4ef819864507a6b06262c9f0cd1
/usr/lib64/libexiv2.so.26
/usr/lib64/libexiv2.so.26.0.0
/usr/share/doc/compat-exiv2-026
/usr/share/doc/compat-exiv2-026/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/compat-exiv2-026/README

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.