How To Install liblxi on Fedora 34

liblxi is Library with simple API for communication with LXI devices Library with simple API for communication with LXI devices

Introduction

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

What is `liblxi`

The LXI library (liblxi) is an open source software library for GNU/Linux systems which offers a simple API for communicating with LXI enabled instruments. The API allows applications to easily discover instruments on networks and communicate SCPI commands. liblxi 1.13 7.fc34 x86_64 25 k liblxi-1.13-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library with simple API for communication with LXI devices https BSD and EPICS The LXI library (liblxi) is an open source software library for GNU/Linux systems which offers a simple API for communicating with LXI enabled instruments. The API allows applications to easily discover instruments on networks and communicate SCPI commands.

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

Install liblxi 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 liblxi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install liblxi

Install liblxi 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 liblxi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install liblxi

How To Uninstall liblxi on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove liblxi

liblxi Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/0547e254c415a75ec9f3eab5fdebfb2cef4755
/usr/lib/liblxi.so.1
/usr/lib/liblxi.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/liblxi
/usr/share/doc/liblxi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/liblxi/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/liblxi/README
/usr/share/licenses/liblxi
/usr/share/licenses/liblxi/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/b7416cad015b90c1fa4180d3aed090c0718ce4
/usr/lib64/liblxi.so.1
/usr/lib64/liblxi.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/liblxi
/usr/share/doc/liblxi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/liblxi/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/liblxi/README
/usr/share/licenses/liblxi
/usr/share/licenses/liblxi/COPYING

References

[liblxi website](https://lxi-tools.github.io/ https://lxi-tools.github.io/)

Summary

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