How To Install gmime on Fedora 34

gmime is Library for creating and parsing MIME messages Library for creating and parsing MIME messages

Introduction

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

What is gmime

The GMime suite provides a core library and set of utilities which may be used for the creation and parsing of messages using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME). gmime 2.6.23 13.fc34 x86_64 201 k gmime-2.6.23-13.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for creating and parsing MIME messages http LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ The GMime suite provides a core library and set of utilities which may be used for the creation and parsing of messages using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME).

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

Install gmime 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 gmime using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gmime

Install gmime 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 gmime using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gmime

How To Uninstall gmime on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove gmime

gmime Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/a212e68a766a75ababbe2e4dd2adf3c3839929
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GMime-2.6.typelib
/usr/lib/libgmime-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libgmime-2.6.so.0.623.0
/usr/share/doc/gmime
/usr/share/doc/gmime/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gmime/README
/usr/share/doc/gmime/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/gmime
/usr/share/licenses/gmime/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/5ec60188b4ff134ef8636ce261018400b104fe
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GMime-2.6.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgmime-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgmime-2.6.so.0.623.0
/usr/share/doc/gmime
/usr/share/doc/gmime/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gmime/README
/usr/share/doc/gmime/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/gmime
/usr/share/licenses/gmime/COPYING

References

Summary

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