How To Install libvala on Fedora 34

libvala is Vala compiler library Vala compiler library

Introduction

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

What is libvala

Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C. This package contains the shared libvala library. libvala 0.48.17 1.fc34 x86_64 604 k vala-0.48.17-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Vala compiler library https LGPLv2+ and BSD Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C. This package contains the shared libvala library.

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

Install libvala 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 libvala using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvala

Install libvala 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 libvala using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvala

How To Uninstall libvala on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libvala

libvala Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/0a112d4661a4c74616beeb5898e52f2a3b077c
/usr/lib/libvala-0.48.so.0
/usr/lib/libvala-0.48.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libvala
/usr/share/licenses/libvala/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/15012c93bb638f78ad6ced703e7c4ed67ee7af
/usr/lib64/libvala-0.48.so.0
/usr/lib64/libvala-0.48.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libvala
/usr/share/licenses/libvala/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/31a93048bafc562c58bb18624fbfc84a346e28
/usr/lib/libvala-0.48.so.0
/usr/lib/libvala-0.48.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libvala
/usr/share/licenses/libvala/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/4c4da9f5cd2de581659b0c11786f696439ab13
/usr/lib64/libvala-0.48.so.0
/usr/lib64/libvala-0.48.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libvala
/usr/share/licenses/libvala/COPYING

References

Summary

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