How To Install assimp on Fedora 34

assimp is Library to import various 3D model formats into applications Library to import various 3D model formats into applications

Introduction

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

What is assimp

Assimp, the Open Asset Import Library, is a free library to import various well-known 3D model formats into applications. Assimp aims to provide a full asset conversion pipeline for use in game engines and real-time rendering systems, but is not limited to these applications. assimp 3.3.1 28.fc34 x86_64 1.8 M assimp-3.3.1-28.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library to import various 3D model formats into applications http BSD and MIT Assimp, the Open Asset Import Library, is a free library to import various well-known 3D model formats into applications. Assimp aims to provide a full asset conversion pipeline for use in game engines and real-time rendering systems, but is not limited to these applications.

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

Install assimp 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 assimp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install assimp

Install assimp 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 assimp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install assimp

How To Uninstall assimp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove assimp

assimp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/assimp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/34c7a8685c39579301249fd64309423521b869
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/ef875a2f18ce9328811af94f7ddcb3cf4fa9f2
/usr/lib/libassimp.so.3
/usr/lib/libassimp.so.3.3.1
/usr/share/doc/assimp
/usr/share/doc/assimp/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/assimp/README
/usr/share/licenses/assimp
/usr/share/licenses/assimp/LICENSE
/usr/bin/assimp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/a75a80a5dcd93e2797d0009d2b771de3273844
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/f139e7420c282f7c8f71e84c5dc1abbe68f7a6
/usr/lib64/libassimp.so.3
/usr/lib64/libassimp.so.3.3.1
/usr/share/doc/assimp
/usr/share/doc/assimp/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/assimp/README
/usr/share/licenses/assimp
/usr/share/licenses/assimp/LICENSE

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Summary

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