How To Install libwinpr on Fedora 34

libwinpr is Windows Portable Runtime Windows Portable Runtime

Introduction

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

What is libwinpr

WinPR provides API compatibility for applications targeting non-Windows environments. When on Windows, the original native API is being used instead of the equivalent WinPR implementation, without having to modify the code using it. libwinpr 2 2.3.2 1.fc34 x86_64 349 k freerdp-2.3.2-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Windows Portable Runtime http ASL 2.0 WinPR provides API compatibility for applications targeting non-Windows environments. When on Windows, the original native API is being used instead of the equivalent WinPR implementation, without having to modify the code using it.

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

Install libwinpr 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 libwinpr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwinpr

Install libwinpr 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 libwinpr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwinpr

How To Uninstall libwinpr on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libwinpr

libwinpr Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/8faab4d61fcbf339a6af745f6887b7f51839b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/8f51bd974ad08f5425803073976d1ff03c8b39
/usr/lib64/libwinpr-tools2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libwinpr-tools2.so.2.2.0
/usr/lib64/libwinpr2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libwinpr2.so.2.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwinpr
/usr/share/licenses/libwinpr/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/84440ed7d2b050440322573437e53de9ad0c2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/6b5ec6c1e0f90f8a23540ecae530cc4e77d601
/usr/lib/libwinpr-tools2.so.2
/usr/lib/libwinpr-tools2.so.2.2.0
/usr/lib/libwinpr2.so.2
/usr/lib/libwinpr2.so.2.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwinpr
/usr/share/licenses/libwinpr/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/9ad8b8d10be4e86050d8f5d4dd0ed439ef3e5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/5901f18564b452bf1da3aefcc9febfee5fe2bb
/usr/lib64/libwinpr-tools2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libwinpr-tools2.so.2.3.2
/usr/lib64/libwinpr2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libwinpr2.so.2.3.2
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwinpr
/usr/share/licenses/libwinpr/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/f727fbd79a893b49c8986b750a5e35f66281f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/92ba414a1310e4628f8ed45313e6b6dc8a957b
/usr/lib/libwinpr-tools2.so.2
/usr/lib/libwinpr-tools2.so.2.3.2
/usr/lib/libwinpr2.so.2
/usr/lib/libwinpr2.so.2.3.2
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libwinpr/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwinpr
/usr/share/licenses/libwinpr/LICENSE

References

Summary

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