How To Install libuuid on Fedora 34

libuuid is Universally unique ID library Universally unique ID library

Introduction

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

What is `libuuid`

This is the universally unique ID library, part of util-linux. The libuuid library generates and parses 128-bit universally unique id’s (UUID’s). A UUID is an identifier that is unique across both space and time, with respect to the space of all UUIDs. A UUID can be used for multiple purposes, from tagging objects with an extremely short lifetime, to reliably identifying very persistent objects across a network. See also the “uuid” package, which is a separate implementation. libuuid 2.36.2 1.fc34 i686 25 k util-linux-2.36.2-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Universally unique ID library http BSD This is the universally unique ID library, part of util-linux. The libuuid library generates and parses 128-bit universally unique id’s (UUID’s). A UUID is an identifier that is unique across both space and time, with respect to the space of all UUIDs. A UUID can be used for multiple purposes, from tagging objects with an extremely short lifetime, to reliably identifying very persistent objects across a network. See also the “uuid” package, which is a separate implementation.

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

Install libuuid 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 libuuid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libuuid

Install libuuid 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 libuuid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libuuid

How To Uninstall libuuid on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libuuid

libuuid Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/9185adee82d5278a3589e96048b47c94b026ff
/usr/lib/libuuid.so.1
/usr/lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0
/usr/share/licenses/libuuid
/usr/share/licenses/libuuid/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libuuid/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/c14453bbe1bec8269b79e699fe29c86b9e249d
/usr/lib64/libuuid.so.1
/usr/lib64/libuuid.so.1.3.0
/usr/share/licenses/libuuid
/usr/share/licenses/libuuid/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libuuid/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause

References

[libuuid website](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux)

Summary

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