How To Install libspnav on Fedora 34

libspnav is Open source alternative to 3DConnextion drivers Open source alternative to 3DConnextion drivers

Introduction

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

What is `libspnav`

The spacenav project provides a free, compatible alternative to the proprietary 3Dconnexion device driver and SDK, for their 3D input devices (called “space navigator”, “space pilot”, “space traveller”, etc). This package provides the library needed for applications to connect to the user land daemon. libspnav 0.2.3 13.fc34 x86_64 17 k libspnav-0.2.3-13.fc34.src.rpm fedora Open source alternative to 3DConnextion drivers http BSD The spacenav project provides a free, compatible alternative to the proprietary 3Dconnexion device driver and SDK, for their 3D input devices (called “space navigator”, “space pilot”, “space traveller”, etc). This package provides the library needed for applications to connect to the user land daemon.

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

Install libspnav 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 libspnav using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libspnav

Install libspnav 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 libspnav using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libspnav

How To Uninstall libspnav on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libspnav

libspnav Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/fa288351c8a31a23f77d7c60f1de0f05618d3f
/usr/lib64/libspnav.so.0
/usr/lib64/libspnav.so.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libspnav
/usr/share/doc/libspnav/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/7e55597fae31f3936e3b2280022222a34df723
/usr/lib/libspnav.so.0
/usr/lib/libspnav.so.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libspnav
/usr/share/doc/libspnav/README

References

[libspnav website](http://spacenav.sourceforge.net/ http://spacenav.sourceforge.net/)

Summary

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