How To Install libsass on Fedora 34

libsass is C/C++ port of the Sass CSS precompiler C/C++ port of the Sass CSS precompiler

Introduction

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

What is `libsass`

Libsass is a C/C++ port of the Sass CSS precompiler. The original version was written in Ruby, but this version is meant for efficiency and portability. This library strives to be light, simple, and easy to build and integrate with a variety of platforms and languages. Libsass is just a library, but if you want to RUN libsass, install the sassc package. libsass 3.6.4 3.fc34 x86_64 706 k libsass-3.6.4-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora C/C++ port of the Sass CSS precompiler http MIT Libsass is a C/C++ port of the Sass CSS precompiler. The original version was written in Ruby, but this version is meant for efficiency and portability. This library strives to be light, simple, and easy to build and integrate with a variety of platforms and languages. Libsass is just a library, but if you want to RUN libsass, install the sassc package.

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

Install libsass 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 libsass using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsass

Install libsass 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 libsass using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsass

How To Uninstall libsass on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libsass

libsass Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/72fa1e538defe1357c393556dd930add796a6b
/usr/lib/libsass.so.1
/usr/lib/libsass.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libsass
/usr/share/doc/libsass/Readme.md
/usr/share/doc/libsass/SECURITY.md
/usr/share/licenses/libsass
/usr/share/licenses/libsass/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/e421f7553f24793d804f8bd4646147f0d83ac8
/usr/lib64/libsass.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsass.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libsass
/usr/share/doc/libsass/Readme.md
/usr/share/doc/libsass/SECURITY.md
/usr/share/licenses/libsass
/usr/share/licenses/libsass/LICENSE

References

[libsass website](http://sass-lang.com/libsass http://sass-lang.com/libsass)

Summary

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