How To Install libss on Fedora 34

libss is Command line interface parsing library Command line interface parsing library

Introduction

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

What is `libss`

This is libss, a command line interface parsing library, part of e2fsprogs. This package includes a tool that parses a command table to generate a simple command-line interface parser, the include files needed to compile and use it. It was originally inspired by the Multics SubSystem library. libss 1.45.6 5.fc34 x86_64 32 k e2fsprogs-1.45.6-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora Command line interface parsing library http MIT This is libss, a command line interface parsing library, part of e2fsprogs. This package includes a tool that parses a command table to generate a simple command-line interface parser, the include files needed to compile and use it. It was originally inspired by the Multics SubSystem library.

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

Install libss 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 libss using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libss

Install libss 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 libss using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libss

How To Uninstall libss on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libss

libss Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/b2e8cdc8894232b849882791e053dafd8dd98d
/usr/lib64/libss.so.2
/usr/lib64/libss.so.2.0
/usr/share/licenses/libss
/usr/share/licenses/libss/NOTICE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/b3b23f909019e100776455af55fd70183d7eca
/usr/lib/libss.so.2
/usr/lib/libss.so.2.0
/usr/share/licenses/libss
/usr/share/licenses/libss/NOTICE

References

[libss website](http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/)

Summary

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