How To Install jhead on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install jhead on Rocky Linux 8. jhead is Tool for displaying EXIF data embedded in JPEG images

Introduction

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

What is jhead

Jhead displays and manipulates the non-image portions of EXIF formatted JPEG images, such as the images produced by most digital cameras.

We can use yum or dnf to install jhead on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jhead.

Install jhead 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 jhead using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jhead

Install jhead 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 jhead using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jhead

How To Uninstall jhead on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove jhead

jhead Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/jhead
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/6703af14c9cc735bbef9b6a3eb60c12d1545fa
/usr/share/doc/jhead
/usr/share/doc/jhead/changes.txt
/usr/share/doc/jhead/readme.txt
/usr/share/doc/jhead/usage.html
/usr/share/man/man1/jhead.1.gz

References

Summary

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