How To Install libnitrokey on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is `libnitrokey`

Libnitrokey is a project to communicate with Nitrokey Pro and Storage devices in a clean and easy manner. libnitrokey 3.5 5.fc34 x86_64 304 k libnitrokey-3.5-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora Communicate with Nitrokey stick devices in a clean and easy manner https LGPLv3+ Libnitrokey is a project to communicate with Nitrokey Pro and Storage devices in a clean and easy manner.

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

Install libnitrokey 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 libnitrokey using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnitrokey

Install libnitrokey 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 libnitrokey using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnitrokey

How To Uninstall libnitrokey on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libnitrokey

libnitrokey Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/9fcd8be349061856fe9a3bb93144d30ae63df4
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/41-nitrokey.rules
/usr/lib64/libnitrokey.so.3
/usr/lib64/libnitrokey.so.3.5.0
/usr/share/doc/libnitrokey
/usr/share/doc/libnitrokey/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libnitrokey
/usr/share/licenses/libnitrokey/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/2bef1c9012bc591b0768fc8779075a06d6d02e
/usr/lib/libnitrokey.so.3
/usr/lib/libnitrokey.so.3.5.0
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/41-nitrokey.rules
/usr/share/doc/libnitrokey
/usr/share/doc/libnitrokey/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libnitrokey
/usr/share/licenses/libnitrokey/LICENSE

References

[libnitrokey website](https://github.com/Nitrokey/libnitrokey https://github.com/Nitrokey/libnitrokey)

Summary

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