How To Install libexif on Fedora 34

libexif is Library for extracting extra information from image files Library for extracting extra information from image files

Introduction

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

What is libexif

Most digital cameras produce EXIF files, which are JPEG files with extra tags that contain information about the image. The EXIF library allows you to parse an EXIF file and read the data from those tags. libexif 0.6.22 4.fc34 x86_64 449 k libexif-0.6.22-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for extracting extra information from image files https LGPLv2+ Most digital cameras produce EXIF files, which are JPEG files with extra tags that contain information about the image. The EXIF library allows you to parse an EXIF file and read the data from those tags.

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

Install libexif 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 libexif using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libexif

Install libexif 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 libexif using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libexif

How To Uninstall libexif on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libexif

libexif Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/325b3da9a6261439950aa48c4d9680d826825e
/usr/lib/libexif.so.12
/usr/lib/libexif.so.12.3.4
/usr/share/doc/libexif
/usr/share/doc/libexif/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libexif/README
/usr/share/licenses/libexif
/usr/share/licenses/libexif/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/5d701a5653b70d67d16544b0854c0ece7a50eb
/usr/lib64/libexif.so.12
/usr/lib64/libexif.so.12.3.4
/usr/share/doc/libexif
/usr/share/doc/libexif/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libexif/README
/usr/share/licenses/libexif
/usr/share/licenses/libexif/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libexif-12.mo

References

Summary

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