How To Install libkate on Fedora 34

libkate is Libraries to handle the Kate bitstream format Libraries to handle the Kate bitstream format

Introduction

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

What is `libkate`

This is libkate, the reference implementation of a codec for the Kate bitstream format. Kate is a karaoke and text codec meant for encapsulation in an Ogg container. It can carry text, images, and animate them. Kate is meant to be used for karaoke alongside audio/video streams (typically Vorbis and Theora), movie subtitles, song lyrics, and anything that needs text data at arbitrary time intervals. libkate 0.4.1 22.fc34 x86_64 59 k libkate-0.4.1-22.fc34.src.rpm fedora Libraries to handle the Kate bitstream format http BSD This is libkate, the reference implementation of a codec for the Kate bitstream format. Kate is a karaoke and text codec meant for encapsulation in an Ogg container. It can carry text, images, and animate them. Kate is meant to be used for karaoke alongside audio/video streams (typically Vorbis and Theora), movie subtitles, song lyrics, and anything that needs text data at arbitrary time intervals.

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

Install libkate 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 libkate using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libkate

Install libkate 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 libkate using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libkate

How To Uninstall libkate on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libkate

libkate Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/39df0afdd12a48a46bbd5ce214280ddc5b0573
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/007463e5d36cff443cce3c6335f5e8442bfc76
/usr/lib/libkate.so.1
/usr/lib/libkate.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib/liboggkate.so.1
/usr/lib/liboggkate.so.1.2.2
/usr/share/doc/libkate
/usr/share/doc/libkate/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libkate/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libkate/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libkate/README
/usr/share/doc/libkate/THANKS
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/b6e93d494a9597da9e959d3134c8b6225b1bf4
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/067e4c750bb7ce1f78ff907b84a162ebd9f116
/usr/lib64/libkate.so.1
/usr/lib64/libkate.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib64/liboggkate.so.1
/usr/lib64/liboggkate.so.1.2.2
/usr/share/doc/libkate
/usr/share/doc/libkate/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libkate/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libkate/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libkate/README
/usr/share/doc/libkate/THANKS

References

[libkate website](http://git.xiph.org/?p=users/oggk/kate.git;a=summary http://git.xiph.org/?p=users/oggk/kate.git;a=summary)

Summary

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