How To Install libhandy on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is `libhandy`

libhandy provides GTK+ widgets and GObjects to ease developing applications for mobile phones. libhandy 1.2.2 1.fc34 x86_64 355 k libhandy-1.2.2-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Building blocks for modern adaptive GNOME apps https LGPLv2+ libhandy provides GTK+ widgets and GObjects to ease developing applications for mobile phones.

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

Install libhandy 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 libhandy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libhandy

Install libhandy 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 libhandy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libhandy

How To Uninstall libhandy on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libhandy

libhandy Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/214f6dbd962d182bb55e4e892153415a10d13a
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Handy-1.typelib
/usr/lib64/libhandy-1.so.0
/usr/share/doc/libhandy
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/HACKING.md
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libhandy
/usr/share/licenses/libhandy/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/d165d7c2805be1caafc4fa26c3d685db6e8bd5
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Handy-1.typelib
/usr/lib/libhandy-1.so.0
/usr/share/doc/libhandy
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/HACKING.md
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libhandy
/usr/share/licenses/libhandy/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/4bf5854120bdc401517e25520227fd1f1d53cd
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Handy-1.typelib
/usr/lib/libhandy-1.so.0
/usr/share/doc/libhandy
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/HACKING.md
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libhandy
/usr/share/licenses/libhandy/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/d3ab6753ab4131a97fc3619ba25c9288cc7504
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Handy-1.typelib
/usr/lib64/libhandy-1.so.0
/usr/share/doc/libhandy
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/HACKING.md
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libhandy/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libhandy
/usr/share/licenses/libhandy/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libhandy.mo

References

[libhandy website](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy)

Summary

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