How To Install gdal-libs on CentOS 8

gdal-libs is GDAL file format library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdal-libs on CentOS 8.

What is `gdal-libs`

This package contains the GDAL file format library.

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

Install gdal-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gdal-libs

Install gdal-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gdal-libs

How To Uninstall gdal-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gdal-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gdal-libs

gdal-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/e2535523aac4204d556b4f0b1d889091fd186a
/usr/lib64/gdalplugins
/usr/lib64/libgdal.so.26
/usr/lib64/libgdal.so.26.0.4
/usr/share/doc/gdal-libs
/usr/share/doc/gdal-libs/COMMITTERS
/usr/share/doc/gdal-libs/LICENSE.TXT
/usr/share/doc/gdal-libs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gdal-libs/PROVENANCE.TXT
/usr/share/doc/gdal-libs/PROVENANCE.TXT-fedora
/usr/share/gdal
/usr/share/gdal/GDALLogoBW.svg
/usr/share/gdal/GDALLogoColor.svg
/usr/share/gdal/GDALLogoGS.svg
/usr/share/gdal/bag_template.xml
/usr/share/gdal/default.rsc
/usr/share/gdal/eedaconf.json
/usr/share/gdal/epsg.wkt
/usr/share/gdal/gdalicon.png
/usr/share/gdal/gdalvrt.xsd
/usr/share/gdal/gml_registry.xml
/usr/share/gdal/gmlasconf.xml
/usr/share/gdal/gmlasconf.xsd
/usr/share/gdal/gt_datum.csv
/usr/share/gdal/gt_ellips.csv
/usr/share/gdal/header.dxf
/usr/share/gdal/inspire_cp_BasicPropertyUnit.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/inspire_cp_CadastralBoundary.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/inspire_cp_CadastralParcel.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/inspire_cp_CadastralZoning.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_AdmArea.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_AdmBdry.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_AdmPt.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_BldA.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_BldL.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_Cntr.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_CommBdry.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_CommPt.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_Cstline.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_ElevPt.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_GCP.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_LeveeEdge.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_RailCL.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_RdASL.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_RdArea.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_RdCompt.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_RdEdg.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_RdMgtBdry.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_RdSgmtA.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_RvrMgtBdry.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_SBAPt.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_SBArea.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_SBBdry.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_WA.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_WL.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_WStrA.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/jpfgdgml_WStrL.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/netcdf_config.xsd
/usr/share/gdal/nitf_spec.xml
/usr/share/gdal/nitf_spec.xsd
/usr/share/gdal/ogrvrt.xsd
/usr/share/gdal/osmconf.ini
/usr/share/gdal/ozi_datum.csv
/usr/share/gdal/ozi_ellips.csv
/usr/share/gdal/pci_datum.txt
/usr/share/gdal/pci_ellips.txt
/usr/share/gdal/pdfcomposition.xsd
/usr/share/gdal/pds4_template.xml
/usr/share/gdal/plscenesconf.json
/usr/share/gdal/ruian_vf_ob_v1.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/ruian_vf_st_uvoh_v1.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/ruian_vf_st_v1.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/ruian_vf_v1.gfs
/usr/share/gdal/s57agencies.csv
/usr/share/gdal/s57attributes.csv
/usr/share/gdal/s57expectedinput.csv
/usr/share/gdal/s57objectclasses.csv
/usr/share/gdal/seed_2d.dgn
/usr/share/gdal/seed_3d.dgn
/usr/share/gdal/stateplane.csv
/usr/share/gdal/trailer.dxf
/usr/share/gdal/vdv452.xml
/usr/share/gdal/vdv452.xsd

References

gdal-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdal-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.