How To Install liblockfile on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is liblockfile

This library implements a number of functions found in -lmail on SysV systems. These functions are designed to lock the standard mailboxes in /var/mail (or wherever the system puts them). In additions, this library adds a number of functions to create, manage and remove generic lockfiles. liblockfile 1.14 7.fc34 x86_64 28 k liblockfile-1.14-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora This implements a number of functions found in -lmail on SysV systems http GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ This library implements a number of functions found in -lmail on SysV systems. These functions are designed to lock the standard mailboxes in /var/mail (or wherever the system puts them). In additions, this library adds a number of functions to create, manage and remove generic lockfiles.

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

Install liblockfile 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 liblockfile using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install liblockfile

Install liblockfile 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 liblockfile using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install liblockfile

How To Uninstall liblockfile on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove liblockfile

liblockfile Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/dotlockfile
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/22bc92c1e2823315d554ce8ad0b73b57397ef4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/864d6373a31eaf617c13cc9ef11d5d78145e52
/usr/lib/liblockfile.so.1
/usr/lib/liblockfile.so.1.0
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/README
/usr/share/man/man1/dotlockfile.1.gz
/usr/bin/dotlockfile
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/22d5be7a32d731215695dda87b377be13ba057
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/0f8fff7c6e810a33e09e95a809c1bce59123bc
/usr/lib64/liblockfile.so.1
/usr/lib64/liblockfile.so.1.0
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/README
/usr/share/man/man1/dotlockfile.1.gz

References

Summary

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