How To Install libkni3 on Fedora 34

libkni3 is C++ KNI library v3 for the Katana 300 robot arm C++ KNI library v3 for the Katana 300 robot arm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkni3 on Fedora 34.

What is libkni3

Katana Native Interface is a C++ library for programmers who would like to write their own programs, but don’t want to implement the protocol and device stuff katana is using. This package contains the library for the Katana 300 series of the arm. For newer robots use libkni (version 4 and above). libkni3 3.9.2 45.fc34 x86_64 119 k libkni3-3.9.2-45.fc34.src.rpm fedora C++ KNI library v3 for the Katana 300 robot arm http GPLv2+ Katana Native Interface is a C++ library for programmers who would like to write their own programs, but don’t want to implement the protocol and device stuff katana is using. This package contains the library for the Katana 300 series of the arm. For newer robots use libkni (version 4 and above).

We can use yum or dnf to install libkni3 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libkni3.

Install libkni3 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 libkni3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libkni3

Install libkni3 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 libkni3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libkni3

How To Uninstall libkni3 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libkni3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libkni3

libkni3 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/kni3
/etc/kni3/hd300
/etc/kni3/hd300/katana5M180.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd300/katana6M180.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd300/katana6M90G.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd300/katana6M90T.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M180.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M180_W.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M90G.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M90G_W.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M90T.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M90T_W.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/b18dcc768645957eb179f12bf88ade08efb553
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/accb3ba711982d186a55002ead3e5884ce3d1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/cd000d4c895c1ed5e5b62a6f2df02e0499e84f
/usr/lib64/libKNIBase3.so.3.9
/usr/lib64/libKNIBase3.so.3.9.0
/usr/lib64/libKNI_InvKin3.so.3.9
/usr/lib64/libKNI_InvKin3.so.3.9.0
/usr/lib64/libKNI_LM3.so.3.9
/usr/lib64/libKNI_LM3.so.3.9.0
/usr/share/doc/libkni3
/usr/share/doc/libkni3/AUTHORS.txt
/usr/share/doc/libkni3/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/libkni3/readme.txt
/etc/kni3
/etc/kni3/hd300
/etc/kni3/hd300/katana5M180.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd300/katana6M180.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd300/katana6M90G.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd300/katana6M90T.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M180.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M180_W.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M90G.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M90G_W.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M90T.cfg
/etc/kni3/hd400/katana6M90T_W.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/4d371d9889bdb342381cd4362144f62929cd1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/d4b1693ff7952782ee227ad34e041c06f0512c
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/2ce8ae90f0652a352e31bcb6add20d5a7c8181
/usr/lib/libKNIBase3.so.3.9
/usr/lib/libKNIBase3.so.3.9.0
/usr/lib/libKNI_InvKin3.so.3.9
/usr/lib/libKNI_InvKin3.so.3.9.0
/usr/lib/libKNI_LM3.so.3.9
/usr/lib/libKNI_LM3.so.3.9.0
/usr/share/doc/libkni3
/usr/share/doc/libkni3/AUTHORS.txt
/usr/share/doc/libkni3/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/libkni3/readme.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkni3 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.