How To Install libsysfs on Fedora 34

libsysfs is Shared library for interfacing with sysfs Shared library for interfacing with sysfs

Introduction

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

What is libsysfs

Library used in handling linux kernel sysfs mounts and their various files. libsysfs 2.1.1 1.fc34 x86_64 35 k sysfsutils-2.1.1-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Shared library for interfacing with sysfs https LGPLv2+ Library used in handling linux kernel sysfs mounts and their various files.

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

Install libsysfs 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 libsysfs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsysfs

Install libsysfs 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 libsysfs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsysfs

How To Uninstall libsysfs on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libsysfs

libsysfs Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/a82aedf9d121b0a87ed669857dafa704f7c8a2
/usr/lib/libsysfs.so.2
/usr/lib/libsysfs.so.2.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libsysfs
/usr/share/licenses/libsysfs/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libsysfs/LGPL
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/ccde6d7b5c1fa369a0903409c808e18d5d6d5a
/usr/lib64/libsysfs.so.2
/usr/lib64/libsysfs.so.2.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libsysfs
/usr/share/licenses/libsysfs/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libsysfs/LGPL

References

Summary

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