How To Install libpar2 on Fedora 34

libpar2 is Library for performing comman tasks related to PAR recovery sets Library for performing comman tasks related to PAR recovery sets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpar2 on Fedora 34.

What is `libpar2`

LibPar2 allows for the generation, modification, verification, and repair of PAR v1.0 and PAR v2.0(PAR2) recovery sets. It contains the basic functions needed for working with these sets and is the basis for GUI applications such as GPar2. libpar2 0.2 34.fc34 x86_64 113 k libpar2-0.2-34.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for performing comman tasks related to PAR recovery sets http GPLv2+ LibPar2 allows for the generation, modification, verification, and repair of PAR v1.0 and PAR v2.0(PAR2) recovery sets. It contains the basic functions needed for working with these sets and is the basis for GUI applications such as GPar2.

We can use yum or dnf to install libpar2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpar2.

Install libpar2 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 libpar2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpar2

Install libpar2 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 libpar2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpar2

How To Uninstall libpar2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libpar2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libpar2

libpar2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/74273ceac5213bc62806c684c86461c1e3a126
/usr/lib/libpar2.so.0
/usr/lib/libpar2.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libpar2
/usr/share/doc/libpar2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libpar2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libpar2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libpar2/README
/usr/share/doc/libpar2/ROADMAP
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/bc6b60f210e13ad69ae7eca0f2da9b8e5cbf1f
/usr/lib64/libpar2.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpar2.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libpar2
/usr/share/doc/libpar2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libpar2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libpar2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libpar2/README
/usr/share/doc/libpar2/ROADMAP

References

[libpar2 website](http://parchive.sourceforge.net/ http://parchive.sourceforge.net/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpar2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.