How To Install libexif-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexif-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libexif-devel is Files needed for libexif application development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexif-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libexif-devel

The libexif-devel package contains the libraries and header files for writing programs that use libexif.

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

Install libexif-devel 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 libexif-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libexif-devel

Install libexif-devel 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 libexif-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libexif-devel

How To Uninstall libexif-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libexif-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libexif-devel

libexif-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/libexif
/usr/include/libexif/_stdint.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-byte-order.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-content.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-data-type.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-data.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-entry.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-format.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-ifd.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-loader.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-log.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-mem.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-mnote-data.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-tag.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-utils.h
/usr/lib/libexif.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libexif.pc
/usr/include/libexif
/usr/include/libexif/_stdint.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-byte-order.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-content.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-data-type.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-data.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-entry.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-format.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-ifd.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-loader.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-log.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-mem.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-mnote-data.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-tag.h
/usr/include/libexif/exif-utils.h
/usr/lib64/libexif.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libexif.pc

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Summary

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