How To Install libgexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libgexiv2
libgexiv2 is a GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library. It makes the basic features of Exiv2 available to GNOME applications.
We can use yum or dnf to install libgexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgexiv2.
Install libgexiv2 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 libgexiv2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libgexiv2
Install libgexiv2 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 libgexiv2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libgexiv2
How To Uninstall libgexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libgexiv2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libgexiv2
libgexiv2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/68a3a65c2a79f82284c88493832c27273ce9df
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GExiv2-0.10.typelib
/usr/lib/libgexiv2.so.2
/usr/lib/libgexiv2.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/README
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/libgexiv2
/usr/share/licenses/libgexiv2/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/14294a14d444048d6d771c35192aadcc0a70e2
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GExiv2-0.10.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgexiv2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libgexiv2.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/README
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/libgexiv2
/usr/share/licenses/libgexiv2/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgexiv2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.