How To Install exiv2-libs on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exiv2-libs on Rocky Linux 8.
What is exiv2-libs
A C++ library to access image metadata, supporting full read and write access to the Exif and Iptc metadata, Exif MakerNote support, extract and delete methods for Exif thumbnails, classes to access Ifd and so on.
We can use yum or dnf to install exiv2-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install exiv2-libs.
Install exiv2-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 exiv2-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install exiv2-libs
Install exiv2-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 exiv2-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install exiv2-libs
How To Uninstall exiv2-libs on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the exiv2-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove exiv2-libs
exiv2-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/2f2b7c95fbf8d6fe3a4f685a6ae4966805f5b9
/usr/lib/libexiv2.so.0.27.2
/usr/lib/libexiv2.so.27
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/71e2a32c331bda50e4e58650d2cbd2181219df
/usr/lib/libexiv2.so.0.27.3
/usr/lib/libexiv2.so.27
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/e62b5d9f56c0251c8332004a83bdeda64aaf5b
/usr/lib64/libexiv2.so.0.27.3
/usr/lib64/libexiv2.so.27
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/5b359e4110853805cb13c568cb1f63e7e90eba
/usr/lib64/libexiv2.so.0.27.2
/usr/lib64/libexiv2.so.27
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exiv2-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.