How To Install libglvnd on Fedora 34

libglvnd is The GL Vendor-Neutral Dispatch library The GL Vendor-Neutral Dispatch library

Introduction

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

What is `libglvnd`

libglvnd is an implementation of the vendor-neutral dispatch layer for arbitrating OpenGL API calls between multiple vendors on a per-screen basis. libglvnd 1 1.3.3 1.fc34 x86_64 137 k libglvnd-1.3.3-1.fc34.src.rpm updates The GL Vendor-Neutral Dispatch library https MIT libglvnd is an implementation of the vendor-neutral dispatch layer for arbitrating OpenGL API calls between multiple vendors on a per-screen basis.

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

Install libglvnd 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 libglvnd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libglvnd

Install libglvnd 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 libglvnd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libglvnd

How To Uninstall libglvnd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libglvnd

libglvnd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/glvnd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/5bd613d5d8711d52de5e2dd794722de0a42e86
/usr/lib/libGLdispatch.so.0
/usr/lib/libGLdispatch.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libglvnd
/usr/share/doc/libglvnd/README.md
/usr/share/glvnd
/etc/glvnd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/682789b7b381b708cd511773ba1744629a1b21
/usr/lib/libGLdispatch.so.0
/usr/lib/libGLdispatch.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libglvnd
/usr/share/doc/libglvnd/README.md
/usr/share/glvnd
/etc/glvnd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/fc82a8703db1455dc618d4b23dc6b28067cfd0
/usr/lib64/libGLdispatch.so.0
/usr/lib64/libGLdispatch.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libglvnd
/usr/share/doc/libglvnd/README.md
/usr/share/glvnd
/etc/glvnd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/9b792781c8fa2d045b79c21cde00d4160b5150
/usr/lib64/libGLdispatch.so.0
/usr/lib64/libGLdispatch.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libglvnd
/usr/share/doc/libglvnd/README.md
/usr/share/glvnd

References

[libglvnd website](https://github.com/NVIDIA/libglvnd https://github.com/NVIDIA/libglvnd)

Summary

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