How To Install geocode-glib on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geocode-glib on Rocky Linux 8.
What is geocode-glib
geocode-glib is a convenience library for the geocoding (finding longitude, and latitude from an address) and reverse geocoding (finding an address from coordinates). It uses Nominatim service to achieve that. It also caches (reverse-)geocoding requests for faster results and to avoid unnecessary server load.
We can use yum or dnf to install geocode-glib on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geocode-glib.
Install geocode-glib 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 geocode-glib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install geocode-glib
Install geocode-glib 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 geocode-glib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install geocode-glib
How To Uninstall geocode-glib on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the geocode-glib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove geocode-glib
geocode-glib Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/b952d9a7f8d9f80d192cddbea57fc9c6ed60d2
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GeocodeGlib-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libgeocode-glib.so.0
/usr/lib/libgeocode-glib.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/geocode-glib
/usr/share/doc/geocode-glib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/geocode-glib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/geocode-glib/README
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-airport.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-bar.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-building.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-bus-stop.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-car.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-light-rail-station.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-marker.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-place-of-worship.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-railway-station.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-restaurant.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-school.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-town.svg
/usr/share/licenses/geocode-glib
/usr/share/licenses/geocode-glib/COPYING.LIB
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/321316c4a48d45273f54a0593f4c0c2f2cf3ad
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GeocodeGlib-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgeocode-glib.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgeocode-glib.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/geocode-glib
/usr/share/doc/geocode-glib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/geocode-glib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/geocode-glib/README
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-airport.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-bar.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-building.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-bus-stop.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-car.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-light-rail-station.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-marker.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-place-of-worship.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-railway-station.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-restaurant.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-school.svg
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/poi-town.svg
/usr/share/licenses/geocode-glib
/usr/share/licenses/geocode-glib/COPYING.LIB
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geocode-glib on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.