How To Install exiv2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install exiv2 on Rocky Linux 8. exiv2 is Exif and Iptc metadata manipulation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install exiv2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `exiv2`

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 exiv2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install exiv2.

Install exiv2 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install exiv2

Install exiv2 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install exiv2

How To Uninstall exiv2 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove exiv2

exiv2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/exiv2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/783fc4c125140ca1e1b8cbb301b66bc0b3022b
/usr/share/doc/exiv2
/usr/share/doc/exiv2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/exiv2
/usr/share/licenses/exiv2/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/exiv2.1.gz
/usr/bin/exiv2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/0b2662684d33a163d3443cd6e6809ccb837dc1
/usr/share/doc/exiv2
/usr/share/doc/exiv2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/exiv2
/usr/share/licenses/exiv2/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/exiv2.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/exiv2.1.gz

References

exiv2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install exiv2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.