How To Install libmodulemd on Fedora 34

libmodulemd is Module metadata manipulation library Module metadata manipulation library

Introduction

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

What is `libmodulemd`

C library for manipulating module metadata files. See https more details. libmodulemd 2.13.0 1.fc34 i686 236 k libmodulemd-2.13.0-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Module metadata manipulation library https MIT C library for manipulating module metadata files. See https more details.

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

Install libmodulemd 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 libmodulemd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmodulemd

Install libmodulemd 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 libmodulemd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmodulemd

How To Uninstall libmodulemd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libmodulemd

libmodulemd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/modulemd-validator
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/37642c062859a2d1e4f7dc45d97c9823ec7a3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/ff68507606b9706e8c58bd55fa827c93926332
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Modulemd-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libmodulemd.so.2
/usr/lib64/libmodulemd.so.2.12.0
/usr/share/doc/libmodulemd
/usr/share/doc/libmodulemd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libmodulemd
/usr/share/licenses/libmodulemd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/modulemd-validator.1.gz
/usr/bin/modulemd-validator
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/bd66cf468ca00d65dbe3da743713f03be8649a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/b39d570cf2165daaadfb02b784561450e34d24
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Modulemd-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libmodulemd.so.2
/usr/lib/libmodulemd.so.2.12.0
/usr/share/doc/libmodulemd
/usr/share/doc/libmodulemd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libmodulemd
/usr/share/licenses/libmodulemd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/modulemd-validator.1.gz
/usr/bin/modulemd-validator
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/922325ed062cfd951ac6d95c03520830eb8131
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/9c99f21849e2f5c9e35f3ff3ceefdf43e0797d
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Modulemd-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libmodulemd.so.2
/usr/lib64/libmodulemd.so.2.13.0
/usr/share/doc/libmodulemd
/usr/share/doc/libmodulemd/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmodulemd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libmodulemd
/usr/share/licenses/libmodulemd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/modulemd-validator.1.gz
/usr/bin/modulemd-validator
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/de2eed7638e53b4141628e8dbc46ff158ec02a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/f28cf1b9b732d2921e5bd24ae61c527431741f
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Modulemd-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libmodulemd.so.2
/usr/lib/libmodulemd.so.2.13.0
/usr/share/doc/libmodulemd
/usr/share/doc/libmodulemd/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmodulemd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libmodulemd
/usr/share/licenses/libmodulemd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/modulemd-validator.1.gz

References

[libmodulemd website](https://github.com/fedora-modularity/libmodulemd https://github.com/fedora-modularity/libmodulemd)

Summary

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