How To Install libslirp on Fedora 34

libslirp is A general purpose TCP-IP emulator A general purpose TCP-IP emulator

Introduction

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

What is libslirp

A general purpose TCP-IP emulator used by virtual machine hypervisors to provide virtual networking services. libslirp 4.4.0 4.fc34 x86_64 68 k libslirp-4.4.0-4.fc34.src.rpm updates A general purpose TCP-IP emulator https BSD and MIT A general purpose TCP-IP emulator used by virtual machine hypervisors to provide virtual networking services.

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

Install libslirp 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 libslirp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libslirp

Install libslirp 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 libslirp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libslirp

How To Uninstall libslirp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libslirp

libslirp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/216ecd2acbcd1b93a78c5f32bc085763a0905f
/usr/lib64/libslirp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libslirp.so.0.2.3
/usr/share/doc/libslirp
/usr/share/doc/libslirp/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/libslirp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libslirp
/usr/share/licenses/libslirp/COPYRIGHT
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/e596d35e2b7e21422d1eb9716955e799fe207c
/usr/lib/libslirp.so.0
/usr/lib/libslirp.so.0.2.3
/usr/share/doc/libslirp
/usr/share/doc/libslirp/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/libslirp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libslirp
/usr/share/licenses/libslirp/COPYRIGHT
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/59ed1007414cd25717ff9c2336317376ca2c09
/usr/lib/libslirp.so.0
/usr/lib/libslirp.so.0.2.3
/usr/share/doc/libslirp
/usr/share/doc/libslirp/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/libslirp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libslirp
/usr/share/licenses/libslirp/COPYRIGHT
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/b73db4b53e06b15de7612c5f57be67e9fadf7f
/usr/lib64/libslirp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libslirp.so.0.2.3
/usr/share/doc/libslirp
/usr/share/doc/libslirp/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/libslirp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libslirp
/usr/share/licenses/libslirp/COPYRIGHT

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Summary

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