How To Install libspatialite on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is libspatialite

SpatiaLite is a a library extending the basic SQLite core in order to get a full fledged Spatial DBMS, really simple and lightweight, but mostly OGC-SFS compliant. libspatialite 5.0.1 4.fc34 x86_64 3.9 M libspatialite-5.0.1-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora Enables SQLite to support spatial data https MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+ SpatiaLite is a a library extending the basic SQLite core in order to get a full fledged Spatial DBMS, really simple and lightweight, but mostly OGC-SFS compliant.

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

Install libspatialite 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 libspatialite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libspatialite

Install libspatialite 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 libspatialite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libspatialite

How To Uninstall libspatialite on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libspatialite

libspatialite Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/572e0e5b2ae0c6af87abe9ded911914a5cf341
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/fc994cb4837bfaaf145700bd2a41d623de2488
/usr/lib/libspatialite.so.7
/usr/lib/libspatialite.so.7.1.2
/usr/lib/mod_spatialite.so
/usr/lib/mod_spatialite.so.7
/usr/lib/mod_spatialite.so.7.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/6e8a2a156fe9ef75cc640eaaf669b73636370c
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/4e6c80e6c4e6a6349d2021155b09a48469f85c
/usr/lib64/libspatialite.so.7
/usr/lib64/libspatialite.so.7.1.2
/usr/lib64/mod_spatialite.so
/usr/lib64/mod_spatialite.so.7
/usr/lib64/mod_spatialite.so.7.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite/COPYING

References

Summary

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