How To Install ctpl on Fedora 34

ctpl is Template library and engine written in C

Introduction

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

What is `ctpl`

CTPL is a template library written in C. It allows fast and easy parsing of templates from many sources (including in-memory data and local and remote streaming, thanks to GIO) and fine control over template parsing environment. CTPL has following features * It is a library, then it can be easily used from programs * Separated lexer and parser * It is written in portable C * Simple syntax * Fast and strict parsing * Possible in-memory parsing, allowing non-file data parsing and avoiding I/O-latency, through GIO’s GMemoryInputStream and GMemoryOutputStream

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

Install ctpl 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 ctpl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ctpl

Install ctpl 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 ctpl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ctpl

How To Uninstall ctpl on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ctpl

ctpl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ctpl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/0135fdbbd3f327b4148f47f3ba43cf12e42197
/usr/share/man/man1/ctpl.1.gz

References

ctpl website

Summary

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