Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.1

Chapter 10. Graphics and Font Libraries

Exiv2-0.28.2

Introduction to Exiv2

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command line utility for managing image and video metadata.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.1 platform.

Package Information

Exiv2 dependencies

Required

CMake-3.28.3

Recommended

Brotli-1.1.0, cURL-8.6.0, and inih-58

Optional

libssh

Optional for documentation

Doxygen-1.10.0, Graphviz-10.0.1, and libxslt-1.1.39

Installation of Exiv2

Install Exiv2 by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr  \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release   \
      -DEXIV2_ENABLE_VIDEO=yes     \
      -DEXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY=yes  \
      -DEXIV2_ENABLE_CURL=yes      \
      -DEXIV2_BUILD_SAMPLES=no     \
      -G "Unix Makefiles" .. &&
make

To test the results, issue: make test

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

-DEXIV2_ENABLE_VIDEO=yes: This switch enables managing video metadata.

-DEXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY=yes: This switch enables managing web image metadata.

-DEXIV2_BUILD_SAMPLES=no: This switch is necessary to suppress building and installing sample programs. If the sample programs are built, 34 additional programs are installed in /usr/bin.

-DEXIV2_ENABLE_CURL=yes: This switch is necessary to enable network/http capabilities.

-DEXIV2_ENABLE_INIH=no: Use this switch if you have not installed inih-58.

-DEXIV2_ENABLE_BROTLI=no: Use this switch if you have not installed Brotli-1.1.0.

Contents

Installed Program: exiv2
Installed Library: libexiv2.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/exiv2 and /usr/lib/cmake/exiv2

Short Descriptions

exiv2

is a utility used to dump Exif data