How To Install libfprint on Fedora 34

libfprint is Toolkit for fingerprint scanner Toolkit for fingerprint scanner

Introduction

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

What is `libfprint`

libfprint offers support for consumer fingerprint reader devices. libfprint 1.90.7 3.fc34 x86_64 251 k libfprint-1.90.7-3.fc34.src.rpm updates Toolkit for fingerprint scanner http LGPLv2+ libfprint offers support for consumer fingerprint reader devices.

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

Install libfprint 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 libfprint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfprint

Install libfprint 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 libfprint using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfprint

How To Uninstall libfprint on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libfprint

libfprint Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/1222bb8282491d9ab0ae262df4697dd71dccf7
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/FPrint-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libfprint-2.so.2
/usr/lib/libfprint-2.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libfprint-2-autosuspend.rules
/usr/share/doc/libfprint
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/README
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/ddbc144e2e546edf75beed5fef6d0d76da4e2b
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libfprint-2-autosuspend.rules
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/FPrint-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libfprint-2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfprint-2.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libfprint
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/README
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/ef02e8fc3ab84afc996ec5018004b8819f4a36
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libfprint-2-autosuspend.rules
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/FPrint-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libfprint-2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfprint-2.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libfprint
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/README
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/2ac82a356a0cf09488b515f0c0f9406106cfe9
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/FPrint-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libfprint-2.so.2
/usr/lib/libfprint-2.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libfprint-2-autosuspend.rules
/usr/share/doc/libfprint
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/README
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint/COPYING

References

[libfprint website](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/libfprint http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/libfprint)

Summary

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