How To Install librfid on Fedora 34

librfid is The librfid is a Free Software RFID library The librfid is a Free Software RFID library

Introduction

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

What is `librfid`

librfid is a Free Software RFID library. It implements the PCD (reader) side protocol stack of ISO 14443 A, ISO 14443 B, ISO 15693, Mifare Ultralight and Mifare Classic. Support for iCODE and other 13.56MHz based transponders is planned. librfid 0.2.0 23.fc34 x86_64 59 k librfid-0.2.0-23.fc34.src.rpm fedora The librfid is a Free Software RFID library https GPLv2 librfid is a Free Software RFID library. It implements the PCD (reader) side protocol stack of ISO 14443 A, ISO 14443 B, ISO 15693, Mifare Ultralight and Mifare Classic. Support for iCODE and other 13.56MHz based transponders is planned.

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

Install librfid 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 librfid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install librfid

Install librfid 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 librfid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install librfid

How To Uninstall librfid on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove librfid

librfid Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/librfid-send_script
/usr/bin/librfid-tool
/usr/bin/mifare-tool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/8eb91dd1d53b054f31b947cf4fba4afaeb4799
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/35523b907a12cf21b5e123b75e79c171b065e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/60fd863913ef312a0fc67e2f2db995f29411d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/1fc7e3eb5c81108687825049ebdaa430ea1892
/usr/lib/librfid.so.0
/usr/lib/librfid.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/librfid
/usr/share/doc/librfid/README
/usr/share/doc/librfid/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/librfid
/usr/share/licenses/librfid/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/librfid-send_script.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/librfid-tool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mifare-tool.1.gz
/usr/bin/librfid-send_script
/usr/bin/librfid-tool
/usr/bin/mifare-tool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/7a25a4319395bf643f41a6c66ce1a2006ebc77
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/390594162d0415d1e2a00e78ff776a867da40a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/fc82ed162074a294931108c9879b8135451290
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/30c670ef362f219d0b2a8243e8999e9c1f516f
/usr/lib64/librfid.so.0
/usr/lib64/librfid.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/librfid
/usr/share/doc/librfid/README
/usr/share/doc/librfid/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/librfid
/usr/share/licenses/librfid/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/librfid-send_script.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/librfid-tool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mifare-tool.1.gz

References

[librfid website](https://www.openhub.net/p/librfid https://www.openhub.net/p/librfid)

Summary

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