How To Install libusb on Fedora 34

libusb is Compatibility shim around libusb-1.0 offering the old 0.1 API Compatibility shim around libusb-1.0 offering the old 0.1 API

Introduction

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

What is `libusb`

This package provides a shim / compatibility layer on top of libusb-1.0 offering the old 0.1 API for applications which do not have been ported to the new 1.0 API yet. Where ever possible applications really should use and / or be ported to the new 1.0 API instead of relying on this compatibility library. libusb 1 0.1.7 3.fc34 x86_64 30 k libusb-0.1.7-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora Compatibility shim around libusb-1.0 offering the old 0.1 API https LGPLv2+ This package provides a shim / compatibility layer on top of libusb-1.0 offering the old 0.1 API for applications which do not have been ported to the new 1.0 API yet. Where ever possible applications really should use and / or be ported to the new 1.0 API instead of relying on this compatibility library.

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

Install libusb 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 libusb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libusb

Install libusb 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 libusb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libusb

How To Uninstall libusb on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libusb

libusb Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/de2c5911aa0b3e9d1c1c90ba2ec259a4d3a61f
/usr/lib64/libusb-0.1.so.4
/usr/lib64/libusb-0.1.so.4.4.4
/usr/share/doc/libusb
/usr/share/doc/libusb/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/README
/usr/share/licenses/libusb
/usr/share/licenses/libusb/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/4470a6970785dbe86c587742f4a03b40ab239c
/usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4
/usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4.4.4
/usr/share/doc/libusb
/usr/share/doc/libusb/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/README
/usr/share/licenses/libusb
/usr/share/licenses/libusb/COPYING

References

[libusb website](https://github.com/libusb/libusb-compat-0.1 https://github.com/libusb/libusb-compat-0.1)

Summary

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