How To Install LibRaw on CentOS 8

LibRaw is Library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras Library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras

Introduction

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

What is LibRaw

LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras (CRW/CR2, NEF, RAF, DNG, and others). LibRaw is based on the source codes of the dcraw utility, where part of drawbacks have already been eliminated and part will be fixed in future. LibRaw 0.19.5 2.el8 x86_64 316 k LibRaw-0.19.5-2.el8.src.rpm appstream Library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras http BSD and (CDDL or LGPLv2) LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras (CRW/CR2, NEF, RAF, DNG, and others). LibRaw is based on the source codes of the dcraw utility, where part of drawbacks have already been eliminated and part will be fixed in future.

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

Install LibRaw 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 LibRaw using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install LibRaw

Install LibRaw 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 LibRaw using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install LibRaw

How To Uninstall LibRaw on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove LibRaw

LibRaw Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/34ab568e782f39ece105689dec0520631046bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/095076066ca8936c37b743cb82fc30880b5089
/usr/lib64/libraw.so.19
/usr/lib64/libraw.so.19.0.2
/usr/lib64/libraw_r.so.19
/usr/lib64/libraw_r.so.19.0.2
/usr/share/doc/LibRaw
/usr/share/doc/LibRaw/Changelog.txt
/usr/share/licenses/LibRaw
/usr/share/licenses/LibRaw/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/LibRaw/LICENSE.CDDL
/usr/share/licenses/LibRaw/LICENSE.LGPL
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/de911b810cf1e50cd2f2a4dbfff13740dc6e67
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/63817abd421911b12e2351bc148992be9ae9aa
/usr/lib/libraw.so.19
/usr/lib/libraw.so.19.0.2
/usr/lib/libraw_r.so.19
/usr/lib/libraw_r.so.19.0.2
/usr/share/doc/LibRaw
/usr/share/doc/LibRaw/Changelog.txt
/usr/share/licenses/LibRaw
/usr/share/licenses/LibRaw/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/LibRaw/LICENSE.CDDL
/usr/share/licenses/LibRaw/LICENSE.LGPL

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Summary

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