How To Install OpenEXR-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenEXR-libs on Rocky Linux 8. OpenEXR-libs is OpenEXR runtime libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenEXR-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `OpenEXR-libs`

OpenEXR runtime libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install OpenEXR-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install OpenEXR-libs.

Install OpenEXR-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install OpenEXR-libs

Install OpenEXR-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install OpenEXR-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install OpenEXR-libs

How To Uninstall OpenEXR-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the OpenEXR-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove OpenEXR-libs

OpenEXR-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/9cc0d91904b2f38b2af79a686900895835df22
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/b1e69f0163a1e84125b0826bf254d80be0a98a
/usr/lib64/libIlmImf-2_2.so.22
/usr/lib64/libIlmImf-2_2.so.22.0.0
/usr/lib64/libIlmImfUtil-2_2.so.22
/usr/lib64/libIlmImfUtil-2_2.so.22.0.0
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/b10537618170db569f6919826c1378bf0a6caa
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/f14fee16c12b8a8621880e2c57839639ff090e
/usr/lib/libIlmImf-2_2.so.22
/usr/lib/libIlmImf-2_2.so.22.0.0
/usr/lib/libIlmImfUtil-2_2.so.22
/usr/lib/libIlmImfUtil-2_2.so.22.0.0
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs/README

References

OpenEXR-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenEXR-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.