How To Install libucil on Fedora 34

libucil is Library to render text and graphic overlays onto video images Library to render text and graphic overlays onto video images

Introduction

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

What is `libucil`

Unicap provides a uniform interface to video capture devices. It allows applications to use any supported video capture device via a single API. The related ucil library provides easy to use functions to render text and graphic overlays onto video images. libucil 0.9.10 22.fc34 x86_64 75 k libucil-0.9.10-22.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library to render text and graphic overlays onto video images https GPLv2+ Unicap provides a uniform interface to video capture devices. It allows applications to use any supported video capture device via a single API. The related ucil library provides easy to use functions to render text and graphic overlays onto video images.

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

Install libucil 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 libucil using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libucil

Install libucil 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 libucil using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libucil

How To Uninstall libucil on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libucil

libucil Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/f27f94097d9d168d1ee95b66e1e97573abb55f
/usr/lib/libucil.so.2
/usr/lib/libucil.so.2.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libucil
/usr/share/doc/libucil/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libucil/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libucil/README
/usr/share/licenses/libucil
/usr/share/licenses/libucil/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/284af60da56ac69d7815b3b45ab1a3cd8f6695
/usr/lib64/libucil.so.2
/usr/lib64/libucil.so.2.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libucil
/usr/share/doc/libucil/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libucil/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libucil/README
/usr/share/licenses/libucil
/usr/share/licenses/libucil/COPYING

References

[libucil website](https://www.unicap-imaging.org/ https://www.unicap-imaging.org/)

Summary

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