How To Install libgle on Fedora 34

libgle is A Tubing and Extrusion Library for OpenGL A Tubing and Extrusion Library for OpenGL

Introduction

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

What is `libgle`

The GLE Tubing and Extrusion Library consists of a number of “C” language subroutines for drawing tubing and extrusions. It is a very fast implementation of these shapes, outperforming all other implementations, most by orders of magnitude. It uses the OpenGL programming API to perform the actual drawing of the tubing and extrusions. libgle 3.1.0 23.fc34 x86_64 53 k libgle-3.1.0-23.fc34.src.rpm fedora A Tubing and Extrusion Library for OpenGL http GPLv2 or (Artistic clarified and MIT) The GLE Tubing and Extrusion Library consists of a number of “C” language subroutines for drawing tubing and extrusions. It is a very fast implementation of these shapes, outperforming all other implementations, most by orders of magnitude. It uses the OpenGL programming API to perform the actual drawing of the tubing and extrusions.

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

Install libgle 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 libgle using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgle

Install libgle 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 libgle using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgle

How To Uninstall libgle on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libgle

libgle Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/32fcfd2412c7ca6a7f9b8e6e100603f57521d5
/usr/lib/libgle.so.3
/usr/lib/libgle.so.3.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libgle
/usr/share/doc/libgle/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgle/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgle/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/8fd09c4f03dc793ccbacab00637c731ee872af
/usr/lib64/libgle.so.3
/usr/lib64/libgle.so.3.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libgle
/usr/share/doc/libgle/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgle/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgle/README

References

[libgle website](http://www.linas.org/gle/ http://www.linas.org/gle/)

Summary

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