How To Install libspatialite on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialite on CentOS 7. libspatialite is Enables SQLite to support spatial data

Introduction

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

What is libspatialite

SpatiaLite is a a library extending the basic SQLite core in order to get a full fledged Spatial DBMS, really simple and lightweight, but mostly OGC-SFS compliant.

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

Install libspatialite on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libspatialite

Install libspatialite 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 libspatialite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libspatialite

How To Uninstall libspatialite on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libspatialite

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Summary

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