How To Install libmspack on Fedora 34

libmspack is Library for CAB and related files compression and decompression Library for CAB and related files compression and decompression

Introduction

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

What is `libmspack`

The purpose of libmspack is to provide both compression and decompression of some loosely related file formats used by Microsoft. libmspack 0.10.1 0.5.alpha.fc34 x86_64 69 k libmspack-0.10.1-0.5.alpha.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for CAB and related files compression and decompression http LGPLv2 The purpose of libmspack is to provide both compression and decompression of some loosely related file formats used by Microsoft.

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

Install libmspack 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 libmspack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmspack

Install libmspack 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 libmspack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmspack

How To Uninstall libmspack on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libmspack

libmspack Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/e65e65717d8f259027b034fe0bb3e514486999
/usr/lib/libmspack.so.0
/usr/lib/libmspack.so.0.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libmspack
/usr/share/doc/libmspack/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmspack/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libmspack/README
/usr/share/doc/libmspack/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libmspack
/usr/share/licenses/libmspack/COPYING.LIB
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/e13c5faad9e57d259c45bbac4c94344fe4d15c
/usr/lib64/libmspack.so.0
/usr/lib64/libmspack.so.0.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libmspack
/usr/share/doc/libmspack/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmspack/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libmspack/README
/usr/share/doc/libmspack/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libmspack
/usr/share/licenses/libmspack/COPYING.LIB

References

[libmspack website](http://www.cabextract.org.uk/libmspack/ http://www.cabextract.org.uk/libmspack/)

Summary

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