How To Install libmatchbox on Fedora 34

libmatchbox is Libraries for the Matchbox Desktop Libraries for the Matchbox Desktop

Introduction

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

What is `libmatchbox`

Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited. libmatchbox 1.9 28.fc34 x86_64 56 k libmatchbox-1.9-28.fc34.src.rpm fedora Libraries for the Matchbox Desktop http LGPLv2+ Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited.

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

Install libmatchbox 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 libmatchbox using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmatchbox

Install libmatchbox 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 libmatchbox using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmatchbox

How To Uninstall libmatchbox on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libmatchbox

libmatchbox Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/232f7fb4f9821b15613122538e5bf2f3cffd2e
/usr/lib/libmb.so.1
/usr/lib/libmb.so.1.0.9
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/7d29a2887d3ea2dbc9d4fe2e72835e7200a208
/usr/lib64/libmb.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmb.so.1.0.9

References

[libmatchbox website](http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/ http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/)

Summary

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