How To Install iniparser on Fedora 34

iniparser is C library for parsing “INI-style” files

Introduction

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

What is `iniparser`

iniParser is an ANSI C library to parse “INI-style” files, often used to hold application configuration information. iniparser 4.1 7.fc34 x86_64 19 k iniparser-4.1-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora C library for parsing “INI-style” files https MIT iniParser is an ANSI C library to parse “INI-style” files, often used to hold application configuration information.

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

Install iniparser 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 iniparser using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install iniparser

Install iniparser 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 iniparser using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iniparser

How To Uninstall iniparser on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove iniparser

iniparser Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/ccd4bdf089df6484d31f4c7c8f95154131e596
/usr/lib/libiniparser.so.1
/usr/share/doc/iniparser
/usr/share/doc/iniparser/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/iniparser/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/iniparser/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/iniparser
/usr/share/licenses/iniparser/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/0b61cbaa735cb99542c2e79869cbb475c620c8
/usr/lib64/libiniparser.so.1
/usr/share/doc/iniparser
/usr/share/doc/iniparser/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/iniparser/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/iniparser/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/iniparser
/usr/share/licenses/iniparser/LICENSE

References

[iniparser website](https://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser https://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser)

Summary

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