How To Install libfixposix on Fedora 34

libfixposix is Thin wrapper over POSIX syscalls Thin wrapper over POSIX syscalls

Introduction

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

What is `libfixposix`

The purpose of libfixposix is to offer replacements for parts of POSIX whose behavior is inconsistent across *NIX flavors. libfixposix 0.4.3 5.fc34 x86_64 25 k libfixposix-0.4.3-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora Thin wrapper over POSIX syscalls https Boost The purpose of libfixposix is to offer replacements for parts of POSIX whose behavior is inconsistent across *NIX flavors.

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

Install libfixposix 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 libfixposix using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfixposix

Install libfixposix 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 libfixposix using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfixposix

How To Uninstall libfixposix on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libfixposix

libfixposix Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/87284806aaf719e95be26c574fa2a3e99475db
/usr/lib64/libfixposix.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfixposix.so.3.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libfixposix
/usr/share/doc/libfixposix/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libfixposix
/usr/share/licenses/libfixposix/LICENCE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/3b5fee345fa64d6a6223229d369f264f2775a5
/usr/lib/libfixposix.so.3
/usr/lib/libfixposix.so.3.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libfixposix
/usr/share/doc/libfixposix/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libfixposix
/usr/share/licenses/libfixposix/LICENCE

References

[libfixposix website](https://github.com/sionescu/libfixposix https://github.com/sionescu/libfixposix)

Summary

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