How To Install libgsf on Fedora 34

libgsf is GNOME Structured File library GNOME Structured File library

Introduction

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

What is `libgsf`

A library for reading and writing structured files (e.g. MS OLE and Zip) libgsf 1.14.47 3.fc34 x86_64 249 k libgsf-1.14.47-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora GNOME Structured File library http LGPLv2 A library for reading and writing structured files (e.g. MS OLE and Zip)

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

Install libgsf 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 libgsf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgsf

Install libgsf 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 libgsf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgsf

How To Uninstall libgsf on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libgsf

libgsf Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/gsf-office-thumbnailer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/d69c2652ab017c0fe7fa11ed6dabe7f7a2dae3
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/9a5a8872e523e992bc55f34a19e1ccc86b1d5f
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Gsf-1.typelib
/usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114
/usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.47
/usr/share/doc/libgsf
/usr/share/doc/libgsf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgsf/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgsf/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libgsf/README
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gsf-office-thumbnailer.1.gz
/usr/share/thumbnailers
/usr/share/thumbnailers/gsf-office.thumbnailer
/usr/bin/gsf-office-thumbnailer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/20a1a050dbb5d96e100782a916405dccac3d3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/24a918beadd96b263868d8da6dba9d90482ea4
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Gsf-1.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgsf-1.so.114
/usr/lib64/libgsf-1.so.114.0.47
/usr/share/doc/libgsf
/usr/share/doc/libgsf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgsf/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgsf/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libgsf/README
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libgsf.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gsf-office-thumbnailer.1.gz
/usr/share/thumbnailers
/usr/share/thumbnailers/gsf-office.thumbnailer

References

[libgsf website](http://www.gnome.org/projects/libgsf/ http://www.gnome.org/projects/libgsf/)

Summary

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