How To Install bindgen on Fedora 34

bindgen is Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C and C++ libraries

Introduction

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

What is bindgen

Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C and C++ libraries.

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

Install bindgen 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 bindgen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bindgen

Install bindgen 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 bindgen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bindgen

How To Uninstall bindgen on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove bindgen

bindgen Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/bindgen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/ebaf79a8d1e8e474f5f7419097283003480caf
/usr/share/doc/bindgen
/usr/share/doc/bindgen/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bindgen
/usr/share/licenses/bindgen/LICENSE
/usr/bin/bindgen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/b36cdf1a851a2262a4f4b0059034211b9be5e5
/usr/share/doc/bindgen
/usr/share/doc/bindgen/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bindgen
/usr/share/licenses/bindgen/LICENSE

References

Summary

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