How To Install libutempter on Fedora 34

libutempter is A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp updates A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp updates

Introduction

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

What is `libutempter`

This library provides interface for terminal emulators such as screen and xterm to record user sessions to utmp and wtmp files. libutempter 1.2.1 4.fc34 i686 27 k libutempter-1.2.1-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp updates ftp LGPLv2+ This library provides interface for terminal emulators such as screen and xterm to record user sessions to utmp and wtmp files.

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

Install libutempter 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 libutempter using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libutempter

Install libutempter 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 libutempter using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libutempter

How To Uninstall libutempter on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libutempter

libutempter Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/c1e6de4ee6baf8af99bab5b419a760c8f32799
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/1583c85da280ccf3f76f396e52f7ebfa03a232
/usr/lib/libutempter.so.0
/usr/lib/libutempter.so.1.2.1
/usr/libexec/utempter
/usr/libexec/utempter/utempter
/usr/share/doc/libutempter
/usr/share/doc/libutempter/README
/usr/share/licenses/libutempter
/usr/share/licenses/libutempter/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/c74e65d7a561bf021f4365c94f5aaff8b14d8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/d79b4870fffce9d7d0a666a3087f1a850a9916
/usr/lib64/libutempter.so.0
/usr/lib64/libutempter.so.1.2.1
/usr/libexec/utempter
/usr/libexec/utempter/utempter
/usr/share/doc/libutempter
/usr/share/doc/libutempter/README
/usr/share/licenses/libutempter
/usr/share/licenses/libutempter/COPYING

References

[libutempter website](ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/ldv/utempter ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/ldv/utempter)

Summary

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