How To Install compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 7. compat-exiv2-026 is Compatibility package with the exiv2 library in version 0.26

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 7.

What is compat-exiv2-026

A command line utility to access image metadata, allowing one to * print the Exif metadata of Jpeg images as summary info, interpreted values, or the plain data for each tag * print the Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * print the Jpeg comment of Jpeg images * set, add and delete Exif and Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * adjust the Exif timestamp (that’s how it all started…) * rename Exif image files according to the Exif timestamp * extract, insert and delete Exif metadata (including thumbnails), Iptc metadata and Jpeg comments A command line utility to access image metadata, allowing one to * print the Exif metadata of Jpeg images as summary info, interpreted values, or the plain data for each tag * print the Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * print the Jpeg comment of Jpeg images * set, add and delete Exif and Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * adjust the Exif timestamp (that’s how it all started…) * rename Exif image files according to the Exif timestamp * extract, insert and delete Exif metadata (including thumbnails), Iptc metadata and Jpeg comments

We can use yum or dnf to install compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-exiv2-026.

Install compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install compat-exiv2-026 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-exiv2-026

Install compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install compat-exiv2-026 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compat-exiv2-026

How To Uninstall compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the compat-exiv2-026 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove compat-exiv2-026

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-exiv2-026 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.