How To Install kBuild on Fedora 34

kBuild is A cross-platform build environment

Introduction

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

What is `kBuild`

This is a GNU make fork with a set of scripts to simplify complex tasks and portable versions of various UNIX tools to ensure cross-platform portability. It is used mainly to build VirtualBox packages for RPM Fusion repository.

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

Install kBuild 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 kBuild using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kBuild

Install kBuild 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 kBuild using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kBuild

How To Uninstall kBuild on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove kBuild

kBuild Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/kDepIDB
/usr/bin/kDepObj
/usr/bin/kDepPre
/usr/bin/kObjCache
/usr/bin/kmk
/usr/bin/kmk_append
/usr/bin/kmk_ash
/usr/bin/kmk_cat
/usr/bin/kmk_chmod
/usr/bin/kmk_cmp
/usr/bin/kmk_cp
/usr/bin/kmk_echo
/usr/bin/kmk_expr
/usr/bin/kmk_gmake
/usr/bin/kmk_install
/usr/bin/kmk_ln
/usr/bin/kmk_md5sum
/usr/bin/kmk_mkdir
/usr/bin/kmk_mv
/usr/bin/kmk_printf
/usr/bin/kmk_redirect
/usr/bin/kmk_rm
/usr/bin/kmk_rmdir
/usr/bin/kmk_sed
/usr/bin/kmk_sleep
/usr/bin/kmk_test
/usr/bin/kmk_time
/usr/bin/kmk_touch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/fab29b93f77a480e025801287b19447ab282e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/2051b353fc4cf82d4967feea5c1ae30088d64e
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/816f13fb670b1c1dd47018e4dab146eea5953b
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/e81f6a5392d59845d0662cbb849a5c62fb156d
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/12edb74d69746532ba8060c8f605b5fd6c30e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/b6ecb71aab48acac18fb9e55b8ce0a1f4ab2b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/7961b9cbcb12fedffac5c607edd152a9ca5415
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/4b65411ed991ed048c2f793b00b7b0349924a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/d9647dcce55b6a33c04acfb27702f85ab7f628
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/6f82b70bb9be64a72d9568c647543f073e9dda
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/aa5593ad7f7b1a103885cb33227df6e163646a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/2399df8507dcfbffbd62a5d54b71c55f02ef17
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/182ef90deb59f5eab81b33b3d410599e8f120c
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/be9f2b5446a133804bab470dd768a9b9104615
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/502f13be70ae5e95c0700f2c8ef11897d9a4a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/fb01d665d7ce565a7633231cd7504e332a0fbd
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/2b81e960c8cba2815195e738f082b43a870738
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/555a200d20d24ae940306d29380ad9f6f08117
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/62fe2e9ec77d77c680cff1287e1f54a4c854dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/f05f3e36fcbefe31eb36e68c5f579cca77f4e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/3b194366794549a8d02222764a50f5bf167abd
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/7e846a37c592d00129b5114beb5539830cbd48
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/ce884d2a4d3080120c36a8d1772617cb9b1c7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/012798bd13641f342bcb1aca0cf5df18f6c8f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/bd94a0b0c097e709493827967345814cf0f738
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/56ac21904d7c7d82858861da02d296ebe26ef6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/9a1239847e7ed0794a64560d33e7501abbc1b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/1de5c365d3f8942bd7da5334e70e74501e80b8
/usr/share/doc/kBuild
/usr/share/doc/kBuild/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/kBuild/QuickReference-kBuild.txt
/usr/share/doc/kBuild/QuickReference-kmk.html
/usr/share/doc/kBuild/QuickReference-kmk.txt
/usr/share/kBuild
/usr/share/kBuild/footer-inherit-uses-tools.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/footer-misc.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/footer-pass1.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/footer-pass2-compiling-targets.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/footer-pass2-fetches.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/footer-pass2-installs.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/footer-pass2-patches.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/footer-passes.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/footer.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/header.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/msgstyles
/usr/share/kBuild/msgstyles/brief.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/msgstyles/brief2.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/rules.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/DXSDK.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/DXSDKAMD64.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/DXSDKX86.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/LIBSDL.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/MACOSX104.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/MACOSX104INCS.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/MACOSX105.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/MACOSX105INCS.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/NT4DDK.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/OS2DDKBASE32.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/ReorderCompilerIncs.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/W2K3DDK.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/W2K3DDKAMD64.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/W2K3DDKX86.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/W32API.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WIN32SDK.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WIN32SDK2002.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WIN64SDK.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINDDK.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINDDK71.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINDDK71WLH.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINDDK71WNET.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINDDK71WXP.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINDDK80.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINDDK80W8.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINDDKW2K.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINDDKWLH.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINDDKWNET.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINDDKWXP.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINPSDK.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINPSDK71.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINPSDK71INCS.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/sdks/WINPSDKINCS.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/subfooter.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/subheader.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/templates
/usr/share/kBuild/templates/DUMMY.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/ALP.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/BISON.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/FLEX.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GCC.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GCC3.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GCC32.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GCC3OMF.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GCC3PLAIN.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GCC42MACHO.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GCC4MACHO.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GCC64.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GXX.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GXX3.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GXX32.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GXX3OMF.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GXX3PLAIN.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GXX42MACHO.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GXX4MACHO.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/GXX64.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/JWASM.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/LLVMGCC42MACHO.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/LLVMGXX42MACHO.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/MASM510.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/MASM600.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/MASM610.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/MASM6PLUS.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/MASM710.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/MINGW32.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/MINGWW64.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/MSLINK510.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/NASM.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/OPENWATCOM-16.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/OPENWATCOM-WL.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/OPENWATCOM.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/StandardDTrace.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/TAR.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/TARBZ2.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/TARGZ.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/VAC308.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/VCC100.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/VCC100AMD64.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/VCC100X86.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/VCC120.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/VCC120AMD64.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/VCC120X86.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/VCC70.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/VCC80.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/VCC80AMD64.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/VCC80X86.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/WATCOMC11C-16.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/WATCOMC11C-WL.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/WATCOMC11C.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/WGET.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/XGCCAMD64LINUX.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/YACC.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/YASM.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/tools/ZIP.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/units
/usr/share/kBuild/units/dtrace.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/units/gccprecomp.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/units/lex.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/units/qt3.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/units/qt4.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/units/qt5.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/units/vccprecomp.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/units/yacc.kmk
/usr/share/kBuild/up.kmk
/usr/share/licenses/kBuild
/usr/share/licenses/kBuild/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/kBuild/COPYING-FDL-1.3
/usr/share/man/man1/kmk.1.gz

References

kBuild website

Summary

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