How To Install fribidi on Fedora 34

fribidi is Library implementing the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm Library implementing the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm

Introduction

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

What is fribidi

A library to handle bidirectional scripts (for example Hebrew, Arabic), so that the display is done in the proper way; while the text data itself is always written in logical order. fribidi 1.0.10 4.fc34 x86_64 86 k fribidi-1.0.10-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library implementing the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm https LGPLv2+ and UCD A library to handle bidirectional scripts (for example Hebrew, Arabic), so that the display is done in the proper way; while the text data itself is always written in logical order.

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

Install fribidi 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 fribidi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fribidi

Install fribidi 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 fribidi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fribidi

How To Uninstall fribidi on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove fribidi

fribidi Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/fribidi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/a09d9ad3d4e9caf34fa28896a97793c0f3047f
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/be7f9e1fee075b02b9b5c26f6cb2d13fe01c54
/usr/lib/libfribidi.so.0
/usr/lib/libfribidi.so.0.4.0
/usr/share/doc/fribidi
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/README
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fribidi
/usr/share/licenses/fribidi/COPYING
/usr/bin/fribidi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/cdee9d41ece8b2257bf6db57029fc6850f61c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/6d230979554cc5f99a69073fe493d323bf3c6e
/usr/lib64/libfribidi.so.0
/usr/lib64/libfribidi.so.0.4.0
/usr/share/doc/fribidi
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/README
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/fribidi/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fribidi
/usr/share/licenses/fribidi/COPYING

References

Summary

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