How To Install libproxy on Fedora 34

libproxy is A library handling all the details of proxy configuration A library handling all the details of proxy configuration

Introduction

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

What is `libproxy`

libproxy offers the following features * extremely small core footprint (< 35K) * no external dependencies within libproxy core (libproxy plugins may have dependencies) * only 3 functions in the stable external API * dynamic adjustment to changing network topology * a standard way of dealing with proxy settings across all scenarios * a sublime sense of joy and accomplishment libproxy 0.4.15 30.fc34 x86_64 72 k libproxy-0.4.15-30.fc34.src.rpm fedora A library handling all the details of proxy configuration https LGPLv2+ libproxy offers the following features * extremely small core footprint (< 35K) * no external dependencies within libproxy core (libproxy plugins may have dependencies) * only 3 functions in the stable external API * dynamic adjustment to changing network topology * a standard way of dealing with proxy settings across all scenarios * a sublime sense of joy and accomplishment

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

Install libproxy 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 libproxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libproxy

Install libproxy 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 libproxy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libproxy

How To Uninstall libproxy on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libproxy

libproxy Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/92fa8407a122d16d54924911301585a72c92b2
/usr/lib/libproxy
/usr/lib/libproxy.so.1
/usr/lib/libproxy.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libproxy/0.4.15
/usr/lib/libproxy/0.4.15/modules
/usr/share/doc/libproxy
/usr/share/doc/libproxy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libproxy/README
/usr/share/licenses/libproxy
/usr/share/licenses/libproxy/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/b0d464a59134cc218b6b2c9b3ebbcb8851b65a
/usr/lib64/libproxy
/usr/lib64/libproxy.so.1
/usr/lib64/libproxy.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libproxy/0.4.15
/usr/lib64/libproxy/0.4.15/modules
/usr/share/doc/libproxy
/usr/share/doc/libproxy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libproxy/README
/usr/share/licenses/libproxy
/usr/share/licenses/libproxy/COPYING

References

[libproxy website](https://libproxy.github.io/libproxy/ https://libproxy.github.io/libproxy/)

Summary

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