How To Install folks on Fedora 34
folks is GObject contact aggregation library GObject contact aggregation library
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install folks on Fedora 34.
What is folks
libfolks is a library that aggregates people from multiple sources (e.g. Telepathy connection managers and eventually evolution data server, Facebook, etc.) to create meta-contacts. folks 1 0.15.2 2.fc34 x86_64 587 k folks-0.15.2-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora GObject contact aggregation library https LGPLv2+ libfolks is a library that aggregates people from multiple sources (e.g. Telepathy connection managers and eventually evolution data server, Facebook, etc.) to create meta-contacts.
We can use yum or dnf to install folks on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install folks.
Install folks 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 folks using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install folks
Install folks 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 folks using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install folks
How To Uninstall folks on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the folks package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove folks
folks Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/9f2d86e9a0229cfc398af368bdf6d2766771df
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/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/00aaed5b4b1d08d6016549647ead98dd7b47a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/d06aae44272b623ac48f9a149b731147caba14
/usr/lib/folks
/usr/lib/folks/26
/usr/lib/folks/26/backends
/usr/lib/folks/26/backends/bluez
/usr/lib/folks/26/backends/bluez/bluez.so
/usr/lib/folks/26/backends/dummy
/usr/lib/folks/26/backends/dummy/dummy.so
/usr/lib/folks/26/backends/eds
/usr/lib/folks/26/backends/eds/eds.so
/usr/lib/folks/26/backends/key-file
/usr/lib/folks/26/backends/key-file/key-file.so
/usr/lib/folks/26/backends/ofono
/usr/lib/folks/26/backends/ofono/ofono.so
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Folks-0.7.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/FolksDummy-0.7.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/FolksEds-0.7.typelib
/usr/lib/libfolks-dummy.so.26
/usr/lib/libfolks-dummy.so.26.0.0
/usr/lib/libfolks-eds.so.26
/usr/lib/libfolks-eds.so.26.0.0
/usr/lib/libfolks.so.26
/usr/lib/libfolks.so.26.0.0
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/folks.convert
/usr/share/doc/folks
/usr/share/doc/folks/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/folks/NEWS
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.folks.gschema.xml
/usr/share/licenses/folks
/usr/share/licenses/folks/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/0021ae6b7ab8c4e3d85ce8ad6ecd2294abec70
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/a5954bcfc73e0001118de7658758d11e02c4a8
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/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/bbdcaad87fca56beda47853694e72130a4661f
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/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/23e1bba0b60ca976ec921c3c0742c6fa57679f
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/559b12f4d7ea8226b68436bde2f930965bb1cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/4ba6a151661d33ba867790473b208b46a66f0f
/usr/lib64/folks
/usr/lib64/folks/26
/usr/lib64/folks/26/backends
/usr/lib64/folks/26/backends/bluez
/usr/lib64/folks/26/backends/bluez/bluez.so
/usr/lib64/folks/26/backends/dummy
/usr/lib64/folks/26/backends/dummy/dummy.so
/usr/lib64/folks/26/backends/eds
/usr/lib64/folks/26/backends/eds/eds.so
/usr/lib64/folks/26/backends/key-file
/usr/lib64/folks/26/backends/key-file/key-file.so
/usr/lib64/folks/26/backends/ofono
/usr/lib64/folks/26/backends/ofono/ofono.so
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Folks-0.7.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/FolksDummy-0.7.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/FolksEds-0.7.typelib
/usr/lib64/libfolks-dummy.so.26
/usr/lib64/libfolks-dummy.so.26.0.0
/usr/lib64/libfolks-eds.so.26
/usr/lib64/libfolks-eds.so.26.0.0
/usr/lib64/libfolks.so.26
/usr/lib64/libfolks.so.26.0.0
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/folks.convert
/usr/share/doc/folks
/usr/share/doc/folks/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/folks/NEWS
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.folks.gschema.xml
/usr/share/licenses/folks
/usr/share/licenses/folks/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/folks.mo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install folks on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.