How To Install cdbs on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdbs on Fedora 34.
What is cdbs
This package contains the Common Debian Build System, an abstract build system based on Makefile inheritance which is completely extensible and overridable. In other words, CDBS provides a sane set of default rules upon which packages can build; any or all rules may be overridden as needed.
We can use yum or dnf to install cdbs on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cdbs.
Install cdbs 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 cdbs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cdbs
Install cdbs 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 cdbs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cdbs
How To Uninstall cdbs on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the cdbs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cdbs
cdbs Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/cdbs-edit-patch
/usr/libexec/cdbs
/usr/libexec/cdbs/license-miner
/usr/libexec/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5
/usr/libexec/cdbs/list-packages
/usr/libexec/cdbs/waf-unpack
/usr/share/cdbs
/usr/share/cdbs/1
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/ant-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/ant.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools-files.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/cmake.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/gnome.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/langcore.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/pd.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perl-build-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perl-build.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perl-makemaker-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perl-makemaker.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perl-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perlmodule-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perlmodule.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-autotools.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-distutils.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-module.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-sugar.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/qmake.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/scons-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/scons.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/waf.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/buildcore.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/buildvars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/dpatch.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/simple-patchsys.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/tarball.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/upstream-tarball.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/utils.mk
/usr/share/doc/cdbs
/usr/share/doc/cdbs/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/cdbs
/usr/share/licenses/cdbs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/cdbs-edit-patch.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdbs on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.