How To Install libspectre on Fedora 34

libspectre is A library for rendering PostScript(TM) documents A library for rendering PostScript(TM) documents

Introduction

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

What is libspectre

libspectre is a small library for rendering PostScript(TM) documents. It provides a convenient easy to use API for handling and rendering PostScript documents. libspectre 0.2.9 3.fc34 x86_64 45 k libspectre-0.2.9-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora A library for rendering PostScript(TM) documents http GPLv2+ libspectre is a small library for rendering PostScript(TM) documents. It provides a convenient easy to use API for handling and rendering PostScript documents.

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

Install libspectre 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 libspectre using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libspectre

Install libspectre 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 libspectre using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libspectre

How To Uninstall libspectre on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libspectre

libspectre Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/113367227582bffdcd9fe9ea1f6ea56ac82b5b
/usr/lib/libspectre.so.1
/usr/lib/libspectre.so.1.1.9
/usr/share/doc/libspectre
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/README
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libspectre
/usr/share/licenses/libspectre/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/701fb8f79915048cc24e84447be534fdddc023
/usr/lib64/libspectre.so.1
/usr/lib64/libspectre.so.1.1.9
/usr/share/doc/libspectre
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/README
/usr/share/doc/libspectre/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libspectre
/usr/share/licenses/libspectre/COPYING

References

Summary

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