How To Install libmash on Fedora 34

libmash is A library for using real 3D models within a Clutter scene A library for using real 3D models within a Clutter scene

Introduction

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

What is `libmash`

Mash is a small library for using real 3D models within a Clutter scene. Models can be exported from Blender or other 3D modeling software as PLY files and then used as actors. It also supports a lighting model with animatable lights. libmash 0.2.0 30.fc34 x86_64 54 k libmash-0.2.0-30.fc34.src.rpm fedora A library for using real 3D models within a Clutter scene http LGPLv2+ Mash is a small library for using real 3D models within a Clutter scene. Models can be exported from Blender or other 3D modeling software as PLY files and then used as actors. It also supports a lighting model with animatable lights.

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

Install libmash 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 libmash using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmash

Install libmash 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 libmash using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmash

How To Uninstall libmash on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libmash

libmash Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/26c5642138e24ede9b87a28f986cc35e34e71d
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Mash-0.2.typelib
/usr/lib/libmash-0.2.so.0
/usr/lib/libmash-0.2.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libmash
/usr/share/doc/libmash/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmash/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libmash/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmash/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/2095ca94b3a6598fd8f30ba861157b45aa7432
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Mash-0.2.typelib
/usr/lib64/libmash-0.2.so.0
/usr/lib64/libmash-0.2.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libmash
/usr/share/doc/libmash/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmash/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libmash/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmash/README

References

[libmash website](http://clutter-project.github.com/mash/ http://clutter-project.github.com/mash/)

Summary

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