How To Install glcdskin on Fedora 34

glcdskin is GraphLCD shared skin library GraphLCD shared skin library

Introduction

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

What is `glcdskin`

The GraphLCD base is a project to support graphical LC displays. It is mainly used by the graphlcd plugin for the Video Disc Recorder to display its information. This package contains the skin library needed to run programs dynamically linked with libglcdskin. glcdskin 2.0.2 3.fc34 x86_64 92 k graphlcd-base-2.0.2-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora GraphLCD shared skin library http GPL+ The GraphLCD base is a project to support graphical LC displays. It is mainly used by the graphlcd plugin for the Video Disc Recorder to display its information. This package contains the skin library needed to run programs dynamically linked with libglcdskin.

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

Install glcdskin 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 glcdskin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glcdskin

Install glcdskin 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 glcdskin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glcdskin

How To Uninstall glcdskin on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove glcdskin

glcdskin Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/7a59c75e8b9dd6831401ed5757d29a43a43875
/usr/lib64/libglcdskin.so.2
/usr/lib64/libglcdskin.so.2.1.0
/usr/share/doc/glcdskin
/usr/share/doc/glcdskin/README
/usr/share/licenses/glcdskin
/usr/share/licenses/glcdskin/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/95e15e7ff8b3c3b02cf8a5f49c593396b2d066
/usr/lib/libglcdskin.so.2
/usr/lib/libglcdskin.so.2.1.0
/usr/share/doc/glcdskin
/usr/share/doc/glcdskin/README
/usr/share/licenses/glcdskin
/usr/share/licenses/glcdskin/COPYING

References

[glcdskin website](http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/graphlcd http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/graphlcd)

Summary

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