How To Install libobjc on Fedora 34

libobjc is Objective-C runtime Objective-C runtime

Introduction

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

What is `libobjc`

This package contains Objective-C shared library which is needed to run Objective-C dynamically linked programs. libobjc 11.2.1 1.fc34 x86_64 74 k gcc-11.2.1-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Objective-C runtime http GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions and LGPLv2+ and BSD This package contains Objective-C shared library which is needed to run Objective-C dynamically linked programs.

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

Install libobjc 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 libobjc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libobjc

Install libobjc 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 libobjc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libobjc

How To Uninstall libobjc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libobjc

libobjc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/d06e675624b2f438f44cb27f490baa07e569ae
/usr/lib64/libobjc.so.4
/usr/lib64/libobjc.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/d8b1132ae76837a6e79e613266f6dea6d80573
/usr/lib64/libobjc.so.4
/usr/lib64/libobjc.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/64127ed387cc3a011382f0ee3429352772a99d
/usr/lib/libobjc.so.4
/usr/lib/libobjc.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/2543130513fe687fb3b37576b91934fc9396c2
/usr/lib/libobjc.so.4
/usr/lib/libobjc.so.4.0.0

References

[libobjc website](http://gcc.gnu.org http://gcc.gnu.org)

Summary

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