How To Install perl-Image-ExifTool on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Image-ExifTool
on CentOS 7.
What is perl-Image-ExifTool
ExifTool is a Perl module with an included command-line application for reading and writing meta information in image, audio, and video files. It reads EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP, and ID3 meta information from JPG, JP2, TIFF, GIF, PNG, MNG, JNG, MIFF, EPS, PS, AI, PDF, PSD, BMP, THM, CRW, CR2, MRW, NEF, PEF, ORF, DNG, and many other types of images. ExifTool also extracts information from the maker notes of many digital cameras by various manufacturers including Canon, Casio, FujiFilm, GE, HP, JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Olympus/Epson, Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Reconyx, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Sigma/Foveon, and Sony.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install perl-Image-ExifTool
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Image-ExifTool.
Install perl-Image-ExifTool on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install perl-Image-ExifTool
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-Image-ExifTool
Install perl-Image-ExifTool 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 perl-Image-ExifTool
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-Image-ExifTool
How To Uninstall perl-Image-ExifTool on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the perl-Image-ExifTool
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-Image-ExifTool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Image-ExifTool
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.