How To Install gdal-libs on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdal-libs on CentOS 8. gdal-libs is GDAL file format library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdal-libs on CentOS 8.

What is gdal-libs

This package contains the GDAL file format library.

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

Install gdal-libs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install gdal-libs

Install gdal-libs on CentOS 8 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 gdal-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gdal-libs

How To Uninstall gdal-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gdal-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdal-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.