How To Install exif on Fedora 34

exif is Utility to show EXIF information hidden in JPEG files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install exif on Fedora 34.

What is `exif`

Small command-line utility to show EXIF information hidden in JPEG files.

We can use yum or dnf to install exif on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install exif.

Install exif on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install exif using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install exif

Install exif on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install exif using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install exif

How To Uninstall exif on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove exif

exif Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/exif
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/5d24cade41270a07b522425217bc0db7be88bb
/usr/share/doc/exif
/usr/share/doc/exif/ABOUT-NLS
/usr/share/doc/exif/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/exif/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/exif/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/exif/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/exif/README
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/exif.1.gz
/usr/bin/exif
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/5932a1c1d52f29a14222efca6aaea9e09108ff
/usr/share/doc/exif
/usr/share/doc/exif/ABOUT-NLS
/usr/share/doc/exif/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/exif/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/exif/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/exif/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/exif/README
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/exif.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/exif.1.gz

References

exif website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install exif on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.