How To Install libiptcdata on Fedora 34

libiptcdata is IPTC tag library IPTC tag library

Introduction

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

What is `libiptcdata`

libiptcdata is a library for parsing, editing, and saving IPTC data stored inside images. IPTC is a standard for encoding metadata such as captions, titles, locations, etc. in the headers of an image file. libiptcdata also includes a command-line utility for modifying the metadata. libiptcdata 1.0.5 7.fc34 x86_64 62 k libiptcdata-1.0.5-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora IPTC tag library https LGPLv2+ libiptcdata is a library for parsing, editing, and saving IPTC data stored inside images. IPTC is a standard for encoding metadata such as captions, titles, locations, etc. in the headers of an image file. libiptcdata also includes a command-line utility for modifying the metadata.

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

Install libiptcdata 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 libiptcdata using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libiptcdata

Install libiptcdata 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 libiptcdata using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libiptcdata

How To Uninstall libiptcdata on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libiptcdata

libiptcdata Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/iptc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/9bf9bd84c91d06b70517c7d751d39c295ac833
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/4b2d50078e92e9c0a8961cb82232095c473c0a
/usr/lib64/libiptcdata.so.0
/usr/lib64/libiptcdata.so.0.3.3
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/README
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libiptcdata
/usr/share/licenses/libiptcdata/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/iptc.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libiptcdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/iptc.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libiptcdata.mo
/usr/bin/iptc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/712a39cab10ec297f14d6e54206d7f21093380
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/b47e3e84ae387d72d9040107a703e331fdbb67
/usr/lib/libiptcdata.so.0
/usr/lib/libiptcdata.so.0.3.3
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/README
/usr/share/doc/libiptcdata/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libiptcdata
/usr/share/licenses/libiptcdata/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/iptc.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libiptcdata.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/iptc.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libiptcdata.mo

References

[libiptcdata website](https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata)

Summary

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