How To Install afflib on Fedora 34

afflib is Library to support the Advanced Forensic Format Library to support the Advanced Forensic Format

Introduction

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

What is afflib

AFF® is an open and extensible file format designed to store disk images and associated metadata. afflib is library for support of the Advanced Forensic Format (AFF). afflib 3.7.19 2.fc34 x86_64 220 k afflib-3.7.19-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library to support the Advanced Forensic Format https BSD with advertising AFF® is an open and extensible file format designed to store disk images and associated metadata. afflib is library for support of the Advanced Forensic Format (AFF).

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

Install afflib 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 afflib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install afflib

Install afflib 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 afflib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install afflib

How To Uninstall afflib on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove afflib

afflib Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/6315d7c4763218842855da27bc665e59f39796
/usr/lib/libafflib.so.0
/usr/lib/libafflib.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/afflib
/usr/share/doc/afflib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/afflib/BUGLIST.txt
/usr/share/doc/afflib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/afflib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/afflib/README
/usr/share/doc/afflib/announce_2.2.txt
/usr/share/licenses/afflib
/usr/share/licenses/afflib/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/c449eda4331553d97515f04a7690680f77af91
/usr/lib64/libafflib.so.0
/usr/lib64/libafflib.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/afflib
/usr/share/doc/afflib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/afflib/BUGLIST.txt
/usr/share/doc/afflib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/afflib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/afflib/README
/usr/share/doc/afflib/announce_2.2.txt
/usr/share/licenses/afflib
/usr/share/licenses/afflib/COPYING

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Summary

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