How To Install geos on CentOS 8

geos is GEOS is a C++ port of the Java Topology Suite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geos on CentOS 8.

What is geos

GEOS (Geometry Engine - Open Source) is a C++ port of the Java Topology Suite (JTS). As such, it aims to contain the complete functionality of JTS in C++. This includes all the OpenGIS “Simple Features for SQL” spatial predicate functions and spatial operators, as well as specific JTS topology functions such as IsValid()

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

Install geos 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 geos using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install geos

Install geos 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 geos using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geos

How To Uninstall geos on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the geos package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove geos

geos Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/b6104f7d29e3d1c836a5fed30d97803d20bea1
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/654486e77f245cbf95cd4c31b91fb4d94a2191
/usr/lib64/libgeos-3.7.2.so
/usr/lib64/libgeos_c.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgeos_c.so.1.11.2
/usr/share/doc/geos
/usr/share/doc/geos/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/geos/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/geos/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/geos/README.md
/usr/share/doc/geos/TODO

References

Summary

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