How To Install librepo on Fedora 34

librepo is Repodata downloading library Repodata downloading library

Introduction

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

What is `librepo`

A library providing C and Python (libcURL like) API to downloading repository metadata. librepo 1.14.1 1.fc34 i686 101 k librepo-1.14.1-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Repodata downloading library https LGPLv2+ A library providing C and Python (libcURL like) API to downloading repository metadata.

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

Install librepo 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 librepo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install librepo

Install librepo 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 librepo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install librepo

How To Uninstall librepo on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove librepo

librepo Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/714fc161b8c0e9e672019f6e81547198523c6a
/usr/lib64/librepo.so.0
/usr/share/doc/librepo
/usr/share/doc/librepo/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/librepo
/usr/share/licenses/librepo/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/e478c30d5d2baa66de0ad4cfc703b246fa30e4
/usr/lib/librepo.so.0
/usr/share/doc/librepo
/usr/share/doc/librepo/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/librepo
/usr/share/licenses/librepo/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/5dcc8fa7403a88c0dfe841b7e4e5cc7cd6d597
/usr/lib64/librepo.so.0
/usr/share/doc/librepo
/usr/share/doc/librepo/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/librepo
/usr/share/licenses/librepo/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/32185112eef4182ae259f3174c510dea2e55d4
/usr/lib/librepo.so.0
/usr/share/doc/librepo
/usr/share/doc/librepo/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/librepo
/usr/share/licenses/librepo/COPYING

References

[librepo website](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/librepo https://github.com/rpm-software-management/librepo)

Summary

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