How To Install libfido2 on Fedora 34

libfido2 is FIDO2 library FIDO2 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfido2 on Fedora 34.

What is `libfido2`

libfido2 is an open source library to support the FIDO2 protocol. FIDO2 is an open authentication standard that consists of the W3C Web Authentication specification (WebAuthn API), and the Client to Authentication Protocol (CTAP). CTAP is an application layer protocol used for communication between a client (browser) or a platform (operating system) with an external authentication device (for example the Yubico Security Key). libfido2 1.6.0 2.fc34 x86_64 71 k libfido2-1.6.0-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora FIDO2 library https BSD libfido2 is an open source library to support the FIDO2 protocol. FIDO2 is an open authentication standard that consists of the W3C Web Authentication specification (WebAuthn API), and the Client to Authentication Protocol (CTAP). CTAP is an application layer protocol used for communication between a client (browser) or a platform (operating system) with an external authentication device (for example the Yubico Security Key).

We can use yum or dnf to install libfido2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libfido2.

Install libfido2 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 libfido2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfido2

Install libfido2 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 libfido2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfido2

How To Uninstall libfido2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libfido2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libfido2

libfido2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/c55347c1a1d077a9126a5540e12056108319ad
/usr/lib/libfido2.so.1
/usr/lib/libfido2.so.1.6.0
/usr/share/doc/libfido2
/usr/share/doc/libfido2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfido2/README.adoc
/usr/share/licenses/libfido2
/usr/share/licenses/libfido2/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/8cc54c670e90851e8674a3388d551add4b1c54
/usr/lib64/libfido2.so.1
/usr/lib64/libfido2.so.1.6.0
/usr/share/doc/libfido2
/usr/share/doc/libfido2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfido2/README.adoc
/usr/share/licenses/libfido2
/usr/share/licenses/libfido2/LICENSE

References

[libfido2 website](https://github.com/Yubico/libfido2 https://github.com/Yubico/libfido2)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfido2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.