How To Install libestr on Fedora 34

libestr is String handling essentials library String handling essentials library

Introduction

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

What is libestr

This package compiles the string handling essentials library used by the Rsyslog daemon. libestr 0.1.11 1.fc34 x86_64 25 k libestr-0.1.11-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora String handling essentials library http LGPLv2+ This package compiles the string handling essentials library used by the Rsyslog daemon.

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

Install libestr 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 libestr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libestr

Install libestr 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 libestr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libestr

How To Uninstall libestr on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libestr

libestr Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/dd3679b0318c9f694eee2f5570ab0b8f97f223
/usr/lib64/libestr.so.0
/usr/lib64/libestr.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libestr
/usr/share/doc/libestr/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libestr/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libestr/README
/usr/share/licenses/libestr
/usr/share/licenses/libestr/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/6067509e357f56b2a3278454e7cc97af05f0bd
/usr/lib/libestr.so.0
/usr/lib/libestr.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libestr
/usr/share/doc/libestr/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libestr/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libestr/README
/usr/share/licenses/libestr
/usr/share/licenses/libestr/COPYING

References

Summary

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