How To Install exiv2 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exiv2 on CentOS 8.
What is exiv2
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 exiv2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install exiv2.
Install exiv2 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 exiv2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install exiv2
Install exiv2 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 exiv2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install exiv2
How To Uninstall exiv2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the exiv2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove exiv2
exiv2 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/exiv2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/c61d7e52af7b1842b77dc8b023b7caa38d8651
/usr/share/doc/exiv2
/usr/share/doc/exiv2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/exiv2
/usr/share/licenses/exiv2/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/exiv2.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exiv2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.