How To Install libspatialite on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialite on Rocky Linux 8. libspatialite is Enables SQLite to support spatial data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialite on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libspatialite.

Install libspatialite 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 libspatialite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libspatialite

Install libspatialite 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 libspatialite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libspatialite

How To Uninstall libspatialite on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libspatialite

libspatialite Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/d6783083a305f04ab552b82ad58bae8af552d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/c4b1af858d88530e28b28e3963ff810de8825d
/usr/lib64/libspatialite.so.7
/usr/lib64/libspatialite.so.7.1.1
/usr/lib64/mod_spatialite.so
/usr/lib64/mod_spatialite.so.7
/usr/lib64/mod_spatialite.so.7.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libspatialite/COPYING

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialite on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.