How To Install fribidi on CentOS 8

fribidi is Library implementing the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm Library implementing the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fribidi on CentOS 8.

What is fribidi

A library to handle bidirectional scripts (for example Hebrew, Arabic), so that the display is done in the proper way; while the text data itself is always written in logical order. fribidi 1.0.4 8.el8 x86_64 89 k fribidi-1.0.4-8.el8.src.rpm appstream Library implementing the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm https LGPLv2+ and UCD A library to handle bidirectional scripts (for example Hebrew, Arabic), so that the display is done in the proper way; while the text data itself is always written in logical order.

We can use yum or dnf to install fribidi on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fribidi.

Install fribidi on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install fribidi

Install fribidi on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install fribidi

How To Uninstall fribidi on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fribidi

fribidi Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/fribidi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/4fe45515d3db7794d1305b8a6ed633afa9ef87
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/1e2379a651059b22cd855567ab53929141a633
/usr/lib64/libfribidi.so.0
/usr/lib64/libfribidi.so.0.4.0
/usr/share/doc/fribidi
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/README
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fribidi
/usr/share/licenses/fribidi/COPYING
/usr/bin/fribidi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/a097192d1602502bdadb446649bb8faa0dde4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/f2650f2d4e131f98a4d87a24389fe51521a21e
/usr/lib/libfribidi.so.0
/usr/lib/libfribidi.so.0.4.0
/usr/share/doc/fribidi
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/README
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fribidi
/usr/share/licenses/fribidi/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fribidi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.