How To Install bogl on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is `bogl`

BOGL stands for Ben’s Own Graphics Library. It is a small graphics library for Linux kernel frame buffers. It supports only very simple graphics. bogl 0.1.18 44.fc34 x86_64 59 k bogl-0.1.18-44.fc34.src.rpm fedora A terminal program for displaying Unicode on the console http GPLv2+ BOGL stands for Ben’s Own Graphics Library. It is a small graphics library for Linux kernel frame buffers. It supports only very simple graphics.

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

Install bogl 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 bogl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bogl

Install bogl 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 bogl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bogl

How To Uninstall bogl on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove bogl

bogl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/5a92a7f98c245cde28d9866580225c66f9e4aa
/usr/lib/libbogl.so.0
/usr/lib/libbogl.so.0.1
/usr/share/doc/bogl
/usr/share/doc/bogl/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/bogl/README
/usr/share/doc/bogl/copyright
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/933ac6c959dbb9f858a5d8f12b49da61f6067e
/usr/lib64/libbogl.so.0
/usr/lib64/libbogl.so.0.1
/usr/share/doc/bogl
/usr/share/doc/bogl/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/bogl/README
/usr/share/doc/bogl/copyright

References

[bogl website](http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/bogl http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/bogl)

Summary

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