How To Install libcli on Fedora 34

libcli is A shared library for a Cisco-like cli A shared library for a Cisco-like cli

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcli on Fedora 34.

What is `libcli`

Libcli provides a shared library for including a Cisco-like command-line interface into other software. It’s a telnet interface which supports command-line editing, history, authentication and callbacks for a user-definable function tree. libcli 1.9.7 0.20160139gite60d4cc.fc34 x86_64 36 k libcli-1.9.7-0.20160139gite60d4cc.fc34.src.rpm fedora A shared library for a Cisco-like cli http LGPLv2+ Libcli provides a shared library for including a Cisco-like command-line interface into other software. It’s a telnet interface which supports command-line editing, history, authentication and callbacks for a user-definable function tree.

We can use yum or dnf to install libcli on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcli.

Install libcli on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install libcli

Install libcli on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install libcli

How To Uninstall libcli on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libcli

libcli Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/e544a6ca7091d893c3daec07868dccb31e9cc6
/usr/lib/libcli.so.1.9
/usr/lib/libcli.so.1.9.7
/usr/share/doc/libcli
/usr/share/doc/libcli/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/066c3a3e37bd27e032e4fe201b73927f2534a7
/usr/lib64/libcli.so.1.9
/usr/lib64/libcli.so.1.9.7
/usr/share/doc/libcli
/usr/share/doc/libcli/COPYING

References

[libcli website](http://sites.dparrish.com/libcli http://sites.dparrish.com/libcli)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcli on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.