How To Install libgxim on Fedora 34

libgxim is GObject-based XIM protocol library GObject-based XIM protocol library

Introduction

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

What is `libgxim`

libgxim is a X Input Method protocol library that is implemented by GObject. this library helps you to implement XIM servers or client applications to communicate through XIM protocol without using Xlib API directly, particularly if your application uses GObject-based main loop. This package contains the shared library. libgxim 0.5.0 20.fc34 x86_64 145 k libgxim-0.5.0-20.fc34.src.rpm fedora GObject-based XIM protocol library http LGPLv2+ libgxim is a X Input Method protocol library that is implemented by GObject. this library helps you to implement XIM servers or client applications to communicate through XIM protocol without using Xlib API directly, particularly if your application uses GObject-based main loop. This package contains the shared library.

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

Install libgxim 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 libgxim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgxim

Install libgxim 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 libgxim using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgxim

How To Uninstall libgxim on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libgxim

libgxim Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/0eb4f7c5d0f7c2aa441353abd501ae19c76591
/usr/lib/libgxim.so.4
/usr/lib/libgxim.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgxim
/usr/share/doc/libgxim/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgxim/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libgxim/README
/usr/share/licenses/libgxim
/usr/share/licenses/libgxim/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/fd6abf1da5f0be04df1558d245a504bd76f1ac
/usr/lib64/libgxim.so.4
/usr/lib64/libgxim.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgxim
/usr/share/doc/libgxim/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgxim/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libgxim/README
/usr/share/licenses/libgxim
/usr/share/licenses/libgxim/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo
/usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/libgxim.mo

References

[libgxim website](http://tagoh.bitbucket.org/libgxim/ http://tagoh.bitbucket.org/libgxim/)

Summary

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