How To Install gdal on CentOS 8
gdal is GIS file format library
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdal on CentOS 8.
What is gdal
Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL/OGR) is a cross platform C++ translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. It also comes with a variety of useful commandline utilities for data translation and processing. It provides the primary data access engine for many applications. GDAL/OGR is the most widely used geospatial data access library.
We can use yum or dnf to install gdal on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gdal.
Install gdal 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 gdal using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gdal
Install gdal 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 gdal using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gdal
How To Uninstall gdal on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gdal package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gdal
gdal Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/bash_completion.d/gdal
/usr/bin/8211createfromxml
/usr/bin/8211dump
/usr/bin/8211view
/usr/bin/gdal_contour
/usr/bin/gdal_grid
/usr/bin/gdal_rasterize
/usr/bin/gdal_translate
/usr/bin/gdaladdo
/usr/bin/gdalbuildvrt
/usr/bin/gdaldem
/usr/bin/gdalenhance
/usr/bin/gdalinfo
/usr/bin/gdallocationinfo
/usr/bin/gdalmanage
/usr/bin/gdalserver
/usr/bin/gdalsrsinfo
/usr/bin/gdaltindex
/usr/bin/gdaltransform
/usr/bin/gdalwarp
/usr/bin/gnmanalyse
/usr/bin/gnmmanage
/usr/bin/nearblack
/usr/bin/ogr2ogr
/usr/bin/ogrinfo
/usr/bin/ogrlineref
/usr/bin/ogrmerge.py
/usr/bin/ogrtindex
/usr/bin/s57dump
/usr/bin/testepsg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/2a19d1e005227f82cd414ec4b8017c36a54993
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/f950d277794f2199fa523b3536594962bb6221
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/79307dc7b4528effd514744e2e0b76693684ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/e3541c226db876adf1753a2f65b77a8fe55225
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/deabe167eec49f3bea3cba4eba4390fe9cd032
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/1ca98bcc837be27f7c98ab2d787646ef0a9957
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/bb32c563a9e1f854e32b1d87dbbf479f7b72fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/58ef0b85b75c42a201b98694c1d5ed837d39c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/2e9b3453a47e5969f3b8b12d950b0bce3ddfb3
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/70d18a4718f5186fc3fde805f19659c42a6795
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/933eea61b8dc008623a87ccaa51ffe9eb26360
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/7adec642a206a5e4be3c3955ebd494ce728a5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/11ea42415db60eaf3a57fb1c54e19c659f8a13
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/9b8107e4caf4c68eaa2ad52e69d1d32d84da14
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/1f5fa004c36bb2b3865f0c71ba450ab5bfcba2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/6b471815a7fc9557a53d3c5a577a009bcdd041
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/38879a29cd892a1d53e43253281f551a4d3ced
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/202056e493899d31a7ce4355f47e0c2d0c3219
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/1a3ea781e6c296f07c090abe7ddfe3c203ca55
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/9b3068f345693c849ef9f3a12ac126d021735a
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/491f93f8c16e36669a2131307907240ae171fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/0b74b4e418da2619803c87e77c16e3d631409a
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/a4e38e8e7897142a562b4e9ec233dc70c2b7f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/f7193c2dc927ef9226b89455813f0ef18945ca
/usr/share/man/man1/gdal_calc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdal_contour.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdal_edit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdal_grid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdal_pansharpen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdal_polygonize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdal_proximity.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdal_rasterize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdal_translate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdal_utilities.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdaladdo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdalbuildvrt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdalcompare.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdaldem.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdalinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdallocationinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdalmanage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdalmove.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdalsrsinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdaltindex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdaltransform.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdalwarp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gnm_utilities.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gnmanalyse.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gnmmanage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nearblack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ogr2ogr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ogr_utilities.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ogrinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ogrlineref.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ogrmerge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ogrtindex.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdal on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.