How To Install libIDL on Fedora 34

libIDL is Library for parsing IDL (Interface Definition Language) Library for parsing IDL (Interface Definition Language)

Introduction

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

What is `libIDL`

libIDL is a library for parsing IDL (Interface Definition Language). It can be used for both COM-style and CORBA-style IDL. libIDL 0.8.14 24.fc34 x86_64 87 k libIDL-0.8.14-24.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for parsing IDL (Interface Definition Language) https LGPLv2+ libIDL is a library for parsing IDL (Interface Definition Language). It can be used for both COM-style and CORBA-style IDL.

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

Install libIDL 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 libIDL using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libIDL

Install libIDL 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 libIDL using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libIDL

How To Uninstall libIDL on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libIDL

libIDL Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/0a0609dabbba24ae1a4c28bd75bb7b30468484
/usr/lib/libIDL-2.so.0
/usr/lib/libIDL-2.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libIDL
/usr/share/licenses/libIDL/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/ea01fff75bab9a8626a762ffbecd395aa3a922
/usr/lib64/libIDL-2.so.0
/usr/lib64/libIDL-2.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libIDL
/usr/share/licenses/libIDL/COPYING

References

[libIDL website](https://download.gnome.org/sources/libIDL/0.8/ https://download.gnome.org/sources/libIDL/0.8/)

Summary

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