How To Install libfap on Fedora 34

libfap is An APRS parser written in C An APRS parser written in C

Introduction

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

What is libfap

libfap is an APRS (Amateur Packet Reporting System) parser that can decode normal, mic-e and compressed location packets, NMEA location packets, objects, items, messages, telemetry and most weather packets. libfap 1.5 12.fc34 x86_64 50 k libfap-1.5-12.fc34.src.rpm fedora An APRS parser written in C http GPL+ or Artistic libfap is an APRS (Amateur Packet Reporting System) parser that can decode normal, mic-e and compressed location packets, NMEA location packets, objects, items, messages, telemetry and most weather packets.

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

Install libfap 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 libfap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfap

Install libfap 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 libfap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfap

How To Uninstall libfap on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libfap

libfap Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/44b6a8027901520e6d7d1f56825dfc16ce2742
/usr/lib64/libfap.so.6
/usr/lib64/libfap.so.6.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libfap
/usr/share/doc/libfap/ARTISTIC.txt
/usr/share/doc/libfap/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfap/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libfap/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libfap/GPL.txt
/usr/share/doc/libfap/README
/usr/share/doc/libfap/THANKS
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/c5eb4abaf3f5960a5f2ffb18672eb2df682644
/usr/lib/libfap.so.6
/usr/lib/libfap.so.6.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libfap
/usr/share/doc/libfap/ARTISTIC.txt
/usr/share/doc/libfap/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfap/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libfap/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libfap/GPL.txt
/usr/share/doc/libfap/README
/usr/share/doc/libfap/THANKS

References

Summary

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