How To Install OpenImageIO on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenImageIO on CentOS 8.
What is OpenImageIO
OpenImageIO is a library for reading and writing images, and a bunch of related classes, utilities, and applications. Main features include - Extremely simple but powerful ImageInput and ImageOutput APIs for reading and writing 2D images that is format agnostic. - Format plugins for TIFF, JPEG/JFIF, OpenEXR, PNG, HDR/RGBE, Targa, JPEG-2000, DPX, Cineon, FITS, BMP, ICO, RMan Zfile, Softimage PIC, DDS, SGI, PNM/PPM/PGM/PBM, Field3d. - An ImageCache class that transparently manages a cache so that it can access truly vast amounts of image data.
We can use yum or dnf to install OpenImageIO on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install OpenImageIO.
Install OpenImageIO 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 OpenImageIO using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install OpenImageIO
Install OpenImageIO 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 OpenImageIO using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install OpenImageIO
How To Uninstall OpenImageIO on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the OpenImageIO package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove OpenImageIO
OpenImageIO Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/c752e7bf19f34a8da9e129a0780971be6597cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/ea67b7c45413a209ff0171a76c0c1534a6126b
/usr/lib64/libOpenImageIO.so.2.1
/usr/lib64/libOpenImageIO.so.2.1.20
/usr/lib64/libOpenImageIO_Util.so.2.1
/usr/lib64/libOpenImageIO_Util.so.2.1.20
/usr/share/doc/OpenImageIO
/usr/share/doc/OpenImageIO/CHANGES.md
/usr/share/doc/OpenImageIO/CREDITS.md
/usr/share/doc/OpenImageIO/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/OpenImageIO
/usr/share/licenses/OpenImageIO/LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY.md
/usr/share/licenses/OpenImageIO/LICENSE.md
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenImageIO on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.