How To Install libass on Fedora 34

libass is Portable library for SSA/ASS subtitles rendering Portable library for SSA/ASS subtitles rendering

Introduction

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

What is libass

Libass is a portable library for SSA/ASS subtitles rendering. libass 0.14.0 7.fc34 x86_64 108 k libass-0.14.0-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora Portable library for SSA/ASS subtitles rendering https ISC Libass is a portable library for SSA/ASS subtitles rendering.

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

Install libass 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 libass using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libass

Install libass 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 libass using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libass

How To Uninstall libass on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libass

libass Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/515ce215f9a8f3f5596c9e69fadc7671374120
/usr/lib/libass.so.9
/usr/lib/libass.so.9.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libass
/usr/share/doc/libass/Changelog
/usr/share/licenses/libass
/usr/share/licenses/libass/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/f42e92943549467eeff97fdb43fc91dacdd284
/usr/lib64/libass.so.9
/usr/lib64/libass.so.9.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libass
/usr/share/doc/libass/Changelog
/usr/share/licenses/libass
/usr/share/licenses/libass/COPYING

References

Summary

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