How To Install libshaderc on Fedora 34

libshaderc is A library for compiling shader strings into SPIR-V A library for compiling shader strings into SPIR-V

Introduction

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

What is `libshaderc`

A library for compiling shader strings into SPIR-V. libshaderc 2021.0 1.fc34 x86_64 896 k shaderc-2021.0-1.fc34.src.rpm updates A library for compiling shader strings into SPIR-V https ASL 2.0 A library for compiling shader strings into SPIR-V.

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

Install libshaderc 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 libshaderc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libshaderc

Install libshaderc 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 libshaderc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libshaderc

How To Uninstall libshaderc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libshaderc

libshaderc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/7e0e0f56696693063ac29e4e3588c326c340f1
/usr/lib/libshaderc_shared.so.1
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libshaderc
/usr/share/licenses/libshaderc/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/a69230397db496395ac644c13579ab27114353
/usr/lib64/libshaderc_shared.so.1
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libshaderc
/usr/share/licenses/libshaderc/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/73dce56d48ba5cefae7ce0ee1dd83c2d5c2ecc
/usr/lib/libshaderc_shared.so.1
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libshaderc
/usr/share/licenses/libshaderc/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/b483f6be73c29a69886877d9e1e776c2215b0b
/usr/lib64/libshaderc_shared.so.1
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/libshaderc/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libshaderc
/usr/share/licenses/libshaderc/LICENSE

References

[libshaderc website](https://github.com/google/shaderc https://github.com/google/shaderc)

Summary

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