[gdal-dev] AVIF write support

[Stefan Gofferje]

┌─[sgofferj at enterprise][~]
└──▪ apt list *avif*
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libavif-bin/noble 1.0.4-1ubuntu3 amd64
libavif-bin/noble 1.0.4-1ubuntu3 i386
libavif-dev/noble,now 1.0.4-1ubuntu3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libavif-dev/noble 1.0.4-1ubuntu3 i386
libavif-gdk-pixbuf/noble 1.0.4-1ubuntu3 amd64
libavif-gdk-pixbuf/noble 1.0.4-1ubuntu3 i386
libavif16/noble,now 1.0.4-1ubuntu3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libavif16/noble 1.0.4-1ubuntu3 i386
libavifile-0.7-bin/noble 1:0.7.48~20090503.ds-26build1 amd64
libavifile-0.7-common/noble,noble 1:0.7.48~20090503.ds-26build1 all
libavifile-0.7-dev/noble 1:0.7.48~20090503.ds-26build1 amd64
libavifile-0.7c2/noble 1:0.7.48~20090503.ds-26build1 amd64
qt5-avif-image-plugin/noble 0.7.1+dfsg-1build2 amd64

Seems AVIF is installed. I also installed gdal through
curl -sL "https://url.geocarpentry.org/gdal-ubuntu" | bash
i.e. not through the package manager because the Ubuntu 24.04 stock 
version is a little dated.

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On 10/7/25 14:34, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Oct 2025, Stefan Gofferje wrote:
> 
>> ┌─[sgofferj at enterprise][~]
>> └──▪ gdalinfo --formats | egrep -i "avif|support"
>> Supported Formats: (ro:read-only, rw:read-write, +:write from scratch, 
>> u:update, v:virtual-I/O s:subdatasets)
>>  AVIF_HEIF -raster- (rov): AV1 Image File Format (using libheif) (*.avif)
>> ┌─[sgofferj at enterprise][~]
>> └──▪ gdalinfo --version
>> GDAL 3.11.4 "Eganville", released 2025/09/04
>>
>> Ubuntu 24.04, installed via gdal install script.
> 
> Do you have any libavif or libheif package installed ?
> 
> apt list libavif* libheif* avif* heif* | grep installed
> 
> WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in 
> scripts.
> 
> heif-gdk-pixbuf/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 amd64 [installed]
> heif-thumbnailer/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 amd64 [installed]
> libavif-dev/plucky,now 1.2.1-1ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
> libavif16/plucky,now 1.2.1-1ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
> libheif-dev/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
> libheif-examples/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 amd64 [installed]
> libheif-plugin-aomdec/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 i386 [installed,automatic]
> libheif-plugin-aomenc/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
> libheif-plugin-aomenc/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 i386 [installed,automatic]
> libheif-plugin-dav1d/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
> libheif-plugin-libde265/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
> libheif-plugin-libde265/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 i386 [installed,automatic]
> libheif-plugin-x265/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
> libheif1/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 amd64 [installed]
> libheif1/plucky,now 1.19.7-1 i386 [installed,automatic]
> 
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