How To Install libgphoto2 on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgphoto2 on CentOS 7.

What is libgphoto2

libgphoto2 is a library that can be used by applications to access various digital cameras. libgphoto2 itself is not a GUI application, opposed to gphoto. There are GUI frontends for the gphoto2 library, however, such as gtkam for example. libgphoto2 is a library that can be used by applications to access various digital cameras. libgphoto2 itself is not a GUI application, opposed to gphoto. There are GUI frontends for the gphoto2 library, however, such as gtkam for example.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgphoto2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgphoto2.

Install libgphoto2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libgphoto2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgphoto2

Install libgphoto2 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 libgphoto2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgphoto2

How To Uninstall libgphoto2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libgphoto2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgphoto2

References

• libgphoto2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgphoto2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.