How To Install libgphoto2 on Fedora 34

libgphoto2 is Library for accessing digital cameras Library for accessing digital cameras

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgphoto2 on Fedora 34.

What is `libgphoto2`

libgphoto2 is a library that can be used by applications to access various digital cameras. libgphoto2 itself is not a GUI application, opposed to gphoto. There are GUI frontends for the gphoto2 library, however, such as gtkam for example. libgphoto2 2.5.27 1.fc34 x86_64 1.3 M libgphoto2-2.5.27-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for accessing digital cameras http GPLv2+ and GPLv2 libgphoto2 is a library that can be used by applications to access various digital cameras. libgphoto2 itself is not a GUI application, opposed to gphoto. There are GUI frontends for the gphoto2 library, however, such as gtkam for example.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgphoto2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgphoto2.

Install libgphoto2 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 libgphoto2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgphoto2

Install libgphoto2 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 libgphoto2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgphoto2

How To Uninstall libgphoto2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libgphoto2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgphoto2

libgphoto2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

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References

[libgphoto2 website](http://www.gphoto.org/ http://www.gphoto.org/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgphoto2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.