How To Install libusbx on Fedora 34

libusbx is Library for accessing USB devices Library for accessing USB devices

Introduction

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

What is `libusbx`

This package provides a way for applications to access USB devices. Libusbx is a fork of the original libusb, which is a fully API and ABI compatible drop in for the libusb-1.0.9 release. The libusbx fork was started by most of the libusb-1.0 developers, after the original libusb project did not produce a new release for over 18 months. Note that this library is not compatible with the original libusb-0.1 series, if you need libusb-0.1 compatibility install the libusb package. libusbx 1.0.24 2.fc34 i686 77 k libusbx-1.0.24-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for accessing USB devices http LGPLv2+ This package provides a way for applications to access USB devices. Libusbx is a fork of the original libusb, which is a fully API and ABI compatible drop in for the libusb-1.0.9 release. The libusbx fork was started by most of the libusb-1.0 developers, after the original libusb project did not produce a new release for over 18 months. Note that this library is not compatible with the original libusb-0.1 series, if you need libusb-0.1 compatibility install the libusb package.

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

Install libusbx 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 libusbx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libusbx

Install libusbx 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 libusbx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libusbx

How To Uninstall libusbx on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libusbx

libusbx Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/34c402b8778c44bd92093d53b368c059739b42
/usr/lib64/libusb-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libusb-1.0.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libusbx
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/README
/usr/share/licenses/libusbx
/usr/share/licenses/libusbx/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/731fe28018e759791a1a97f2fc8602c269e163
/usr/lib/libusb-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libusb-1.0.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libusbx
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/README
/usr/share/licenses/libusbx
/usr/share/licenses/libusbx/COPYING

References

[libusbx website](http://libusb.info http://libusb.info)

Summary

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