How To Install OpenImageIO-iv on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenImageIO-iv on Rocky Linux 8. OpenImageIO-iv is OpenImageIO based image viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenImageIO-iv on Rocky Linux 8.

What is OpenImageIO-iv

A really nice image viewer, iv, based on OpenImageIO classes (and so will work with any formats for which plugins are available).

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

Install OpenImageIO-iv 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 OpenImageIO-iv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install OpenImageIO-iv

Install OpenImageIO-iv 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 OpenImageIO-iv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install OpenImageIO-iv

How To Uninstall OpenImageIO-iv on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the OpenImageIO-iv package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove OpenImageIO-iv

OpenImageIO-iv Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/iv
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/a217648927e093d04ee9e189c86a7444dc49c9
/usr/share/man/man1/iv.1.gz

References

Summary

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