How To Install geos-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geos-devel on CentOS 7.
What is geos-devel
GEOS (Geometry Engine - Open Source) is a C++ port of the Java Topology Suite (JTS). As such, it aims to contain the complete functionality of JTS in C++. This includes all the OpenGIS “Simple Features for SQL” spatial predicate functions and spatial operators, as well as specific JTS topology functions such as IsValid() This package contains the development files to build applications that use GEOS
We can use yum or dnf to install geos-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geos-devel.
Install geos-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install geos-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install geos-devel
Install geos-devel 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 geos-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install geos-devel
How To Uninstall geos-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the geos-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove geos-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geos-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.