How To Install libgit2 on Fedora 34

libgit2 is C implementation of the Git core methods as a library with a solid API C implementation of the Git core methods as a library with a solid API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgit2 on Fedora 34.

What is `libgit2`

libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language with bindings. libgit2 1.1.0 4.fc34 x86_64 470 k libgit2-1.1.0-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora C implementation of the Git core methods as a library with a solid API https GPLv2 with exceptions libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language with bindings.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgit2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgit2.

Install libgit2 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 libgit2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgit2

Install libgit2 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 libgit2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgit2

How To Uninstall libgit2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libgit2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgit2

libgit2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/e2cb196c73f57053a796c1dcfae7bc98929d60
/usr/lib/libgit2.so.1.1
/usr/lib/libgit2.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libgit2
/usr/share/licenses/libgit2/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/b4b4ab0b9e286c85a412e93dcd4de583cb3bda
/usr/lib64/libgit2.so.1.1
/usr/lib64/libgit2.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libgit2
/usr/share/licenses/libgit2/COPYING

References

[libgit2 website](https://libgit2.org/ https://libgit2.org/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgit2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.