How To Install libgexiv2 on Fedora 34

libgexiv2 is Gexiv2 is a GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library Gexiv2 is a GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgexiv2 on Fedora 34.

What is libgexiv2

libgexiv2 is a GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library. It makes the basic features of Exiv2 available to GNOME applications. libgexiv2 0.12.2 2.fc34 x86_64 83 k libgexiv2-0.12.2-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Gexiv2 is a GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library https GPLv2+ libgexiv2 is a GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library. It makes the basic features of Exiv2 available to GNOME applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgexiv2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgexiv2.

Install libgexiv2 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 libgexiv2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgexiv2

Install libgexiv2 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 libgexiv2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgexiv2

How To Uninstall libgexiv2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libgexiv2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgexiv2

libgexiv2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/22b6789f7d427c58c0c6fe4794f3b7fbe74429
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GExiv2-0.10.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgexiv2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libgexiv2.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/README
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/libgexiv2
/usr/share/licenses/libgexiv2/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/de9d728f210a7c07ae743dd94764e4576d8c5a
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GExiv2-0.10.typelib
/usr/lib/libgexiv2.so.2
/usr/lib/libgexiv2.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/README
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/libgexiv2
/usr/share/licenses/libgexiv2/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgexiv2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.