How To Install libfoma on Fedora 34

libfoma is The foma C library The foma C library

Introduction

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

What is `libfoma`

Foma can be used for constructing finite-state automata and transducers. It has support for many natural language processing applications such as producing morphological analyzers. It is sufficiently generic to use for a large number of purposes in addition to NLP. The foma interface is similar to the Xerox xfst interface. This package includes the foma C library. libfoma 0.9.18 0.10.20200928gitb44022c.fc34 x86_64 124 k foma-0.9.18-0.10.20200928gitb44022c.fc34.src.rpm fedora The foma C library https ASL 2.0 Foma can be used for constructing finite-state automata and transducers. It has support for many natural language processing applications such as producing morphological analyzers. It is sufficiently generic to use for a large number of purposes in addition to NLP. The foma interface is similar to the Xerox xfst interface. This package includes the foma C library.

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

Install libfoma 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 libfoma using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfoma

Install libfoma 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 libfoma using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfoma

How To Uninstall libfoma on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libfoma

libfoma Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/9b2e90b490d9c2928342d48468bae9fffd0cf1
/usr/lib64/libfoma.so.0
/usr/lib64/libfoma.so.0.9.18
/usr/share/doc/libfoma
/usr/share/doc/libfoma/README
/usr/share/licenses/libfoma
/usr/share/licenses/libfoma/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/e566cb5be4cd6e9ca5cc19ce3778fcd207df05
/usr/lib/libfoma.so.0
/usr/lib/libfoma.so.0.9.18
/usr/share/doc/libfoma
/usr/share/doc/libfoma/README
/usr/share/licenses/libfoma
/usr/share/licenses/libfoma/COPYING

References

[libfoma website](https://github.com/mhulden/foma https://github.com/mhulden/foma)

Summary

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