How To Install gdal-perl on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdal-perl on CentOS 8.
What is gdal-perl
The GDAL Perl modules provide support to handle multiple GIS file formats.
We can use yum or dnf to install gdal-perl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gdal-perl.
Install gdal-perl 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-perl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gdal-perl
Install gdal-perl 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-perl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gdal-perl
How To Uninstall gdal-perl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gdal-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gdal-perl
gdal-perl Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/03c6724d4a76a4f90a7f93f97f0d95ab78377c
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/e3924c3f0becc3f70442b43f955ca20ecb41ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/da5e9f465fa1f4b653f6baf6d234cdd47a56d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/97adc3d3d2d2c7fbb3162b2d8b5be1204c9156
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/7aaab1090c4ae832331b1b0b81c7d3e454047a
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Geo
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Geo/GDAL
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Geo/GDAL.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Geo/GDAL/Const.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Geo/GNM.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Geo/OGR.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Geo/OSR.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Geo
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Geo/GDAL
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Geo/GDAL/Const
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Geo/GDAL/Const/Const.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Geo/GDAL/GDAL.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Geo/GNM
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Geo/GNM/GNM.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Geo/OGR
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Geo/OGR/OGR.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Geo/OSR
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Geo/OSR/OSR.so
/usr/share/doc/gdal-perl
/usr/share/doc/gdal-perl/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Geo::GDAL.3pm.gz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdal-perl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.