How To Install libfdisk on Fedora 34

libfdisk is Partitioning library for fdisk-like programs. Partitioning library for fdisk-like programs.

Introduction

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

What is libfdisk

This is library for fdisk-like programs, part of util-linux. libfdisk 2.36.2 1.fc34 i686 167 k util-linux-2.36.2-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Partitioning library for fdisk-like programs. http LGPLv2+ This is library for fdisk-like programs, part of util-linux.

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

Install libfdisk 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 libfdisk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfdisk

Install libfdisk 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 libfdisk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfdisk

How To Uninstall libfdisk on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libfdisk

libfdisk Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/3b97adc15ea8ed9c9e183bd161b85333252783
/usr/lib/libfdisk.so.1
/usr/lib/libfdisk.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk/COPYING.LGPL-2.1-or-later
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/47a18e8533e0429c61499eb2423de0a6be388c
/usr/lib64/libfdisk.so.1
/usr/lib64/libfdisk.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk/COPYING.LGPL-2.1-or-later

References

Summary

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