How To Install libmbim on Fedora 34

libmbim is Support library for the Mobile Broadband Interface Model protocol Support library for the Mobile Broadband Interface Model protocol

Introduction

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

What is libmbim

This package contains the libraries that make it easier to use MBIM functionality from applications that use glib. libmbim 1.24.8 1.fc34 x86_64 143 k libmbim-1.24.8-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Support library for the Mobile Broadband Interface Model protocol http LGPLv2+ This package contains the libraries that make it easier to use MBIM functionality from applications that use glib.

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

Install libmbim 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 libmbim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmbim

Install libmbim 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 libmbim using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmbim

How To Uninstall libmbim on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libmbim

libmbim Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/81153574cfb6c7fdd010723680fc1fcbd8a5b2
/usr/lib/libmbim-glib.so.4
/usr/lib/libmbim-glib.so.4.5.0
/usr/share/doc/libmbim
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/README
/usr/share/licenses/libmbim
/usr/share/licenses/libmbim/COPYING.LIB
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/976148b7b2b7c531eddeac4123db3f4bf031a5
/usr/lib64/libmbim-glib.so.4
/usr/lib64/libmbim-glib.so.4.5.0
/usr/share/doc/libmbim
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/README
/usr/share/licenses/libmbim
/usr/share/licenses/libmbim/COPYING.LIB
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/c8b9946ec36de305b28f121e34a1cb769f6017
/usr/lib64/libmbim-glib.so.4
/usr/lib64/libmbim-glib.so.4.5.0
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mbimcli
/usr/share/doc/libmbim
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/README
/usr/share/licenses/libmbim
/usr/share/licenses/libmbim/COPYING.LIB
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/1d0705860234b72cee074e6c123d3280be0292
/usr/lib/libmbim-glib.so.4
/usr/lib/libmbim-glib.so.4.5.0
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mbimcli
/usr/share/doc/libmbim
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/README
/usr/share/licenses/libmbim
/usr/share/licenses/libmbim/COPYING.LIB

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Summary

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