How To Install libbtrfs on Fedora 34

libbtrfs is btrfs filesystem-specific runtime libraries btrfs filesystem-specific runtime libraries

Introduction

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

What is libbtrfs

libbtrfs contains the main library used by btrfs filesystem-specific programs. libbtrfs 5.13.1 1.fc34 x86_64 101 k btrfs-progs-5.13.1-1.fc34.src.rpm updates btrfs filesystem-specific runtime libraries https GPLv2 libbtrfs contains the main library used by btrfs filesystem-specific programs.

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

Install libbtrfs 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 libbtrfs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libbtrfs

Install libbtrfs 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 libbtrfs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libbtrfs

How To Uninstall libbtrfs on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libbtrfs

libbtrfs Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/72af3f45f6d45a4c9025fd860a602b79149d87
/usr/lib64/libbtrfs.so.0
/usr/lib64/libbtrfs.so.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libbtrfs
/usr/share/licenses/libbtrfs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/c2772e2f0ffb539f70068da483f6eb8a8f09f7
/usr/lib/libbtrfs.so.0
/usr/lib/libbtrfs.so.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libbtrfs
/usr/share/licenses/libbtrfs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/8704284bfaf145f366dbfe6c68936bb206bf39
/usr/lib64/libbtrfs.so.0
/usr/lib64/libbtrfs.so.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libbtrfs
/usr/share/licenses/libbtrfs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/3b3b1e8f1b466dcbff2c51807fe5654327e3f1
/usr/lib/libbtrfs.so.0
/usr/lib/libbtrfs.so.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libbtrfs
/usr/share/licenses/libbtrfs/COPYING

References

Summary

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