How To Install libvarlink on Fedora 34

libvarlink is Varlink C Library Varlink C Library

Introduction

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

What is `libvarlink`

Varlink C Library libvarlink 22 2.fc34 x86_64 42 k libvarlink-22-2.fc34.src.rpm updates Varlink C Library https ASL 2.0 and BSD-3-Clause Varlink C Library

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

Install libvarlink 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 libvarlink using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvarlink

Install libvarlink 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 libvarlink using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvarlink

How To Uninstall libvarlink on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libvarlink

libvarlink Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/64e2a189f6e7550b7099a6878274966a54e1cd
/usr/lib/libvarlink.so.0
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/0729a950db79dd53471585415ddd9ffc0f930e
/usr/lib64/libvarlink.so.0
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/7bb560d2b90b04c546f348077ddeaecea8f0ef
/usr/lib/libvarlink.so.0
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/1a0a78e42413a37bdeecf0cf68cd1068c512aa
/usr/lib64/libvarlink.so.0
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink/LICENSE

References

[libvarlink website](https://github.com/varlink/libvarlink https://github.com/varlink/libvarlink)

Summary

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