How To Install libkdumpfile on Fedora 34

libkdumpfile is Kernel coredump file access Kernel coredump file access

Introduction

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

What is `libkdumpfile`

libkdumpfile is a library to read kdump-compressed kernel core dumps. libkdumpfile 0.4.0 2.fc34 x86_64 98 k libkdumpfile-0.4.0-2.fc34.src.rpm updates Kernel coredump file access https LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ libkdumpfile is a library to read kdump-compressed kernel core dumps.

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

Install libkdumpfile 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 libkdumpfile using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libkdumpfile

Install libkdumpfile 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 libkdumpfile using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libkdumpfile

How To Uninstall libkdumpfile on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libkdumpfile

libkdumpfile Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/81904c9d16a5e7ee01f2de673f92d70c439085
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/08f684d1c03af631f8c6876e50fc185cbad030
/usr/lib64/libaddrxlat.so.1
/usr/lib64/libaddrxlat.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libkdumpfile.so.8
/usr/lib64/libkdumpfile.so.8.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libkdumpfile
/usr/share/doc/libkdumpfile/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libkdumpfile/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libkdumpfile
/usr/share/licenses/libkdumpfile/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libkdumpfile/COPYING.GPLv2
/usr/share/licenses/libkdumpfile/COPYING.GPLv3
/usr/share/licenses/libkdumpfile/COPYING.LGPLv3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/ceed35f7f0f1acc1dfdad7baeb013e16461aaf
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/17474b9bf8c00113a1db6b3c74fb3911645a5a
/usr/lib/libaddrxlat.so.1
/usr/lib/libaddrxlat.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libkdumpfile.so.8
/usr/lib/libkdumpfile.so.8.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libkdumpfile
/usr/share/doc/libkdumpfile/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libkdumpfile/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libkdumpfile
/usr/share/licenses/libkdumpfile/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libkdumpfile/COPYING.GPLv2
/usr/share/licenses/libkdumpfile/COPYING.GPLv3
/usr/share/licenses/libkdumpfile/COPYING.LGPLv3

References

[libkdumpfile website](https://github.com/ptesarik/libkdumpfile https://github.com/ptesarik/libkdumpfile)

Summary

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