How To Install libalpm on Fedora 34

libalpm is Arch Linux Package Management library Arch Linux Package Management library

Introduction

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

What is `libalpm`

This library is the backend behind Pacman — the package manager used by the Arch distribution. It uses simple compressed files as a package format, and maintains a text-based package database. libalpm 6.0.0 1.fc34 x86_64 248 k pacman-6.0.0-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Arch Linux Package Management library https GPLv2+ This library is the backend behind Pacman — the package manager used by the Arch distribution. It uses simple compressed files as a package format, and maintains a text-based package database.

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

Install libalpm 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 libalpm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libalpm

Install libalpm 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 libalpm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libalpm

How To Uninstall libalpm on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libalpm

libalpm Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/067ce335d2fc0602bd1657b426e632a0a5533e
/usr/lib64/libalpm.so.12
/usr/lib64/libalpm.so.12.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/pacman
/usr/share/licenses/pacman/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_419/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/29a71186da13c7fc374e5ca83ebede989e8dc1
/usr/lib/libalpm.so.13
/usr/lib/libalpm.so.13.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/pacman
/usr/share/licenses/pacman/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_419/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/95d73243c8297cd67eaa76a6bdce70f67c01be
/usr/lib64/libalpm.so.13
/usr/lib64/libalpm.so.13.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/pacman
/usr/share/licenses/pacman/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_419/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/f13f5751e85e934c23d3ec0164f716e0cde8c5
/usr/lib/libalpm.so.12
/usr/lib/libalpm.so.12.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/pacman
/usr/share/licenses/pacman/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_419/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo

References

[libalpm website](https://www.archlinux.org/pacman https://www.archlinux.org/pacman)

Summary

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