How To Install libkml on Fedora 34

libkml is Reference implementation of OGC KML 2.2 Reference implementation of OGC KML 2.2

Introduction

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

What is `libkml`

Reference implementation of OGC KML 2.2. It also includes implementations of Google’s gx Earth, as well as several utility libraries for working with other formats. libkml 1.3.0 30.fc34 x86_64 352 k libkml-1.3.0-30.fc34.src.rpm fedora Reference implementation of OGC KML 2.2 https BSD Reference implementation of OGC KML 2.2. It also includes implementations of Google’s gx Earth, as well as several utility libraries for working with other formats.

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

Install libkml 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 libkml using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libkml

Install libkml 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 libkml using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libkml

How To Uninstall libkml on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libkml

libkml Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/72f9f51baa6e998911fb7ef7eaba0a85a104fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/205c03f6101065cafb8b3d13d4a09b5fecc8ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/66704ea21d809e575843867a217c3e7e777b26
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/e1357f32379132d4ea5b07134a36b39c0ddd95
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/d75af9f0107cd5e00c38776b32a75d97cff313
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/86a6dbec590877d95a3d6d3dc2b009cf1812f3
/usr/lib64/libkmlbase.so.1
/usr/lib64/libkmlbase.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib64/libkmlconvenience.so.1
/usr/lib64/libkmlconvenience.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib64/libkmldom.so.1
/usr/lib64/libkmldom.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib64/libkmlengine.so.1
/usr/lib64/libkmlengine.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib64/libkmlregionator.so.1
/usr/lib64/libkmlregionator.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib64/libkmlxsd.so.1
/usr/lib64/libkmlxsd.so.1.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libkml
/usr/share/doc/libkml/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libkml/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libkml
/usr/share/licenses/libkml/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/16781fd7757d07843ded7ee15a31d641a7a78b
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/e930bee24d9d5884e7b2a3524a38aec1622c01
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/08df29b3e5d5aed956b4e61aabc82501b70f38
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/d94b256d5aa72948c223085758cd908653ceae
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/2a0d31f917032c54e9823e0784fd67a03031df
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/33f3123269f337cde14eb6febf29b8acc90b56
/usr/lib/libkmlbase.so.1
/usr/lib/libkmlbase.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib/libkmlconvenience.so.1
/usr/lib/libkmlconvenience.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib/libkmldom.so.1
/usr/lib/libkmldom.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib/libkmlengine.so.1
/usr/lib/libkmlengine.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib/libkmlregionator.so.1
/usr/lib/libkmlregionator.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib/libkmlxsd.so.1
/usr/lib/libkmlxsd.so.1.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libkml
/usr/share/doc/libkml/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libkml/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libkml
/usr/share/licenses/libkml/LICENSE

References

[libkml website](https://github.com/libkml/libkml https://github.com/libkml/libkml)

Summary

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