How To Install libiptcdata on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiptcdata on CentOS 7. libiptcdata is IPTC tag library

Introduction

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

What is libiptcdata

libiptcdata is a library for parsing, editing, and saving IPTC data stored inside images. IPTC is a standard for encoding metadata such as captions, titles, locations, etc. in the headers of an image file. libiptcdata also includes a command-line utility for modifying the metadata. libiptcdata is a library for parsing, editing, and saving IPTC data stored inside images. IPTC is a standard for encoding metadata such as captions, titles, locations, etc. in the headers of an image file. libiptcdata also includes a command-line utility for modifying the metadata.

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

Install libiptcdata on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libiptcdata

Install libiptcdata 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 libiptcdata using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libiptcdata

How To Uninstall libiptcdata on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libiptcdata

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Summary

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