How To Install lensfun on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lensfun on CentOS 8.
What is lensfun
The lensfun library provides an open source database of photographic lenses and their characteristics. It not only provides a way to read and search the database, but also provides a set of algorithms for correcting images based on detailed knowledge of lens properties. Right now lensfun is designed to correct distortion, transversal (also known as lateral) chromatic aberrations, vignetting and color contribution of a lens. The lensfun library provides an open source database of photographic lenses and their characteristics. It not only provides a way to read and search the database, but also provides a set of algorithms for correcting images based on detailed knowledge of lens properties. Right now lensfun is designed to correct distortion, transversal (also known as lateral) chromatic aberrations, vignetting and color contribution of a lens.
We can use yum or dnf to install lensfun on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lensfun.
Install lensfun on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install lensfun using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lensfun
Install lensfun 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 lensfun using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lensfun
How To Uninstall lensfun on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the lensfun package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lensfun
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lensfun on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.