How To Install libibcommon on Fedora 34

libibcommon is OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand management common library OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand management common library

Introduction

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

What is libibcommon

libibcommon provides common utility functions for the OFA diagnostic and management tools. libibcommon 1.2.0 22.fc34 x86_64 28 k libibcommon-1.2.0-22.fc34.src.rpm fedora OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand management common library http GPLv2 or BSD libibcommon provides common utility functions for the OFA diagnostic and management tools.

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

Install libibcommon 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 libibcommon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libibcommon

Install libibcommon 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 libibcommon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libibcommon

How To Uninstall libibcommon on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libibcommon

libibcommon Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/3ca3a9a830baaa5c6bb07b6547bc6a624248cf
/usr/lib/libibcommon.so.1
/usr/lib/libibcommon.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon/ChangeLog
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/b5be5acdca6ad8d04fdaeae1ece88dccae8407
/usr/lib64/libibcommon.so.1
/usr/lib64/libibcommon.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon/ChangeLog

References

Summary

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