How To Install libnfc on Fedora 34

libnfc is NFC SDK and Programmers API NFC SDK and Programmers API

Introduction

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

What is libnfc

libnfc is the first free NFC SDK and Programmers API released under the GNU Lesser General Public License. It provides complete transparency and royalty-free use for everyone. libnfc 1.7.1 16.fc34 x86_64 88 k libnfc-1.7.1-16.fc34.src.rpm fedora NFC SDK and Programmers API http LGPLv3+ libnfc is the first free NFC SDK and Programmers API released under the GNU Lesser General Public License. It provides complete transparency and royalty-free use for everyone.

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

Install libnfc 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 libnfc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnfc

Install libnfc 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 libnfc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnfc

How To Uninstall libnfc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libnfc

libnfc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/nfc
/etc/nfc/devices.d
/etc/nfc/libnfc.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/3ed8ddb5a2dee0e4391fd40b3d13b07a6df44e
/usr/lib/libnfc.so.5
/usr/lib/libnfc.so.5.0.1
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/42-pn53x.rules
/usr/share/doc/libnfc
/usr/share/doc/libnfc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libnfc/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnfc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libnfc/README
/usr/share/doc/libnfc/README.fedora
/usr/share/libnfc
/usr/share/libnfc/blacklist-libnfc.conf
/etc/nfc
/etc/nfc/devices.d
/etc/nfc/libnfc.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/d77088af6e39de134c24595f1b4b70411e2aa7
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/42-pn53x.rules
/usr/lib64/libnfc.so.5
/usr/lib64/libnfc.so.5.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libnfc
/usr/share/doc/libnfc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libnfc/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnfc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libnfc/README
/usr/share/doc/libnfc/README.fedora
/usr/share/libnfc
/usr/share/libnfc/blacklist-libnfc.conf

References

Summary

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