How To Install glui on Fedora 34

glui is A GLUT-Based User Interface Library A GLUT-Based User Interface Library

Introduction

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

What is `glui`

GLUI is a GLUT-based C++ user interface library which provides controls such as buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, and spinners to OpenGL applications. It is window-system independent, relying on GLUT to handle all system-dependent issues, such as window and mouse management. glui 2.36 20.fc34 x86_64 122 k glui-2.36-20.fc34.src.rpm fedora A GLUT-Based User Interface Library http zlib + LGPLv2+ GLUI is a GLUT-based C++ user interface library which provides controls such as buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, and spinners to OpenGL applications. It is window-system independent, relying on GLUT to handle all system-dependent issues, such as window and mouse management.

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

Install glui 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 glui using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glui

Install glui 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 glui using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glui

How To Uninstall glui on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove glui

glui Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/41741a2a46720a0a54987e3fca6b6eb1d85cf4
/usr/lib64/libglui.so.0
/usr/lib64/libglui.so.0.0
/usr/share/doc/glui
/usr/share/doc/glui/LICENSE.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/a5db669a5c193aa3f1c5eb6a135356a7da2f3e
/usr/lib/libglui.so.0
/usr/lib/libglui.so.0.0
/usr/share/doc/glui
/usr/share/doc/glui/LICENSE.txt

References

[glui website](http://glui.sourceforge.net/ http://glui.sourceforge.net/)

Summary

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