How To Install shapelib on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shapelib on CentOS 8.
What is shapelib
The Shapefile C Library provides the ability to write simple C programs for reading, writing and updating (to a limited extent) ESRI Shapefiles, and the associated attribute file (.dbf).
We can use yum or dnf to install shapelib on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install shapelib.
Install shapelib 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 shapelib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install shapelib
Install shapelib 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 shapelib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install shapelib
How To Uninstall shapelib on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the shapelib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove shapelib
shapelib Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/769b15aba71ce00528c603d81f61290ea1a1a0
/usr/lib64/libshp.so.2
/usr/lib64/libshp.so.2.1.0
/usr/share/doc/shapelib
/usr/share/doc/shapelib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/shapelib/README
/usr/share/doc/shapelib/README.tree
/usr/share/doc/shapelib/codepage.html
/usr/share/doc/shapelib/dbf_api.html
/usr/share/doc/shapelib/index.html
/usr/share/doc/shapelib/license.html
/usr/share/doc/shapelib/manifest.html
/usr/share/doc/shapelib/release.html
/usr/share/doc/shapelib/shapelib-tools.html
/usr/share/doc/shapelib/shp_api.html
/usr/share/licenses/shapelib
/usr/share/licenses/shapelib/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shapelib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.