How To Install libgeotiff on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff on CentOS 7. libgeotiff is GeoTIFF format library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff on CentOS 7.

What is libgeotiff

GeoTIFF represents an effort by over 160 different remote sensing, GIS, cartographic, and surveying related companies and organizations to establish a TIFF based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgeotiff on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgeotiff.

Install libgeotiff on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libgeotiff using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgeotiff

Install libgeotiff 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 libgeotiff using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgeotiff

How To Uninstall libgeotiff on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libgeotiff

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.