How To Install libifp on Fedora 34

libifp is A general-purpose library-driver for iRiver’s iFP portable audio players A general-purpose library-driver for iRiver’s iFP portable audio players

Introduction

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

What is libifp

libifp is a general-purpose library-driver for iRiver’s iFP (flash-based) portable audio players. The source code is pure C and is fairly portable. Also included is a console app that uses the library. libifp 1.0.0.2 31.fc34 x86_64 62 k libifp-1.0.0.2-31.fc34.src.rpm fedora A general-purpose library-driver for iRiver’s iFP portable audio players http GPLv2 libifp is a general-purpose library-driver for iRiver’s iFP (flash-based) portable audio players. The source code is pure C and is fairly portable. Also included is a console app that uses the library.

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

Install libifp 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 libifp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libifp

Install libifp 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 libifp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libifp

How To Uninstall libifp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libifp

libifp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/sbin/libifp-hotplug
/usr/bin/ifpline
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/d8e35e58f13491c80dcab3be11d58644bfd44f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/b5f502c1205eb37df56bfe7b7f074afdcae2b5
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/10-libifp.rules
/usr/lib64/libifp.so.4
/usr/lib64/libifp.so.4.1.4
/usr/share/doc/libifp
/usr/share/doc/libifp/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libifp/README
/usr/share/doc/libifp/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libifp
/usr/share/licenses/libifp/COPYING
/sbin/libifp-hotplug
/usr/bin/ifpline
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/2fdc4a855a0aa2f4c0e98fb854740e81dc3822
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/cdbd60256f638349ffbc96716a147cadf9ea27
/usr/lib/libifp.so.4
/usr/lib/libifp.so.4.1.4
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/10-libifp.rules
/usr/share/doc/libifp
/usr/share/doc/libifp/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libifp/README
/usr/share/doc/libifp/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libifp
/usr/share/licenses/libifp/COPYING

References

Summary

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