How To Install libgphoto2-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgphoto2-devel on CentOS 7.
What is libgphoto2-devel
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. This package contains files needed to compile applications that use 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. This package contains files needed to compile applications that use libgphoto2.
We can use yum or dnf to install libgphoto2-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgphoto2-devel.
Install libgphoto2-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install libgphoto2-devel using yum by running the following command:
Install libgphoto2-devel 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.
After updating yum database, We can install libgphoto2-devel using dnf by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libgphoto2-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libgphoto2-devel package we can use the following command:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgphoto2-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.