How To Install proj on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install proj on CentOS 7. proj is Cartographic projection software (PROJ.4)

Introduction

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

What is proj

Proj and invproj perform respective forward and inverse transformation of cartographic data to or from cartesian data with a wide range of selectable projection functions.

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

Install proj on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install proj

Install proj 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 proj using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install proj

How To Uninstall proj on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove proj

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Summary

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