How To Install compat-libtiff3 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-libtiff3 on CentOS 8.
What is compat-libtiff3
The libtiff3 package provides libtiff 3, an older version of libtiff library for manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files. This version should be used only if you are unable to use the current version of libtiff. compat-libtiff3 3.9.4 13.el8 x86_64 144 k compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-13.el8.src.rpm appstream Compatibility package for libtiff 3 http libtiff The libtiff3 package provides libtiff 3, an older version of libtiff library for manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files. This version should be used only if you are unable to use the current version of libtiff.
We can use yum or dnf to install compat-libtiff3 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-libtiff3.
Install compat-libtiff3 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-libtiff3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install compat-libtiff3
Install compat-libtiff3 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-libtiff3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install compat-libtiff3
How To Uninstall compat-libtiff3 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the compat-libtiff3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove compat-libtiff3
compat-libtiff3 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/16a0fe1caee83d20c33c1eab072f227f045d16
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/eea511bea60a58e3e07bf65c425d28921ced93
/usr/lib/libtiff.so.3
/usr/lib/libtiff.so.3.9.4
/usr/lib/libtiffxx.so.3
/usr/lib/libtiffxx.so.3.9.4
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/4b7892be234eabec91e1eaa998697dc5083f46
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/e7a5c217f68b830d17e17909d06886a0db3890
/usr/lib64/libtiff.so.3
/usr/lib64/libtiff.so.3.9.4
/usr/lib64/libtiffxx.so.3
/usr/lib64/libtiffxx.so.3.9.4
References
- [compat-libtiff3 website](http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/ http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-libtiff3 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.