How To Install libacl on Fedora 34

libacl is Dynamic library for access control list support Dynamic library for access control list support

Introduction

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

What is `libacl`

This package contains the libacl.so dynamic library which contains the POSIX 1003.1e draft standard 17 functions for manipulating access control lists. libacl 2.3.1 1.fc34 i686 25 k acl-2.3.1-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Dynamic library for access control list support https LGPLv2+ This package contains the libacl.so dynamic library which contains the POSIX 1003.1e draft standard 17 functions for manipulating access control lists.

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

Install libacl 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 libacl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libacl

Install libacl 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 libacl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libacl

How To Uninstall libacl on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libacl

libacl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/376284c686181ea9d700df05eb8d89b9f2e7a9
/usr/lib64/libacl.so.1
/usr/lib64/libacl.so.1.1.2301
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/761cc37d1e21073380f3f9c54edcd39051b1c1
/usr/lib/libacl.so.1
/usr/lib/libacl.so.1.1.2301

References

[libacl website](https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/acl https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/acl)

Summary

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