How To Install libvterm on Fedora 34

libvterm is An abstract library implementation of a VT220/xterm/ECMA-48 terminal emulator An abstract library implementation of a VT220/xterm/ECMA-48 terminal emulator

Introduction

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

What is `libvterm`

An abstract C99 library which implements a VT220 or xterm-like terminal emulator. It does not use any particular graphics toolkit or output system. Instead, it invokes callback function pointers that its embedding program should provide it to draw on its behalf. libvterm 0.1.4 1.fc34 x86_64 38 k libvterm-0.1.4-1.fc34.src.rpm updates An abstract library implementation of a VT220/xterm/ECMA-48 terminal emulator http MIT An abstract C99 library which implements a VT220 or xterm-like terminal emulator. It does not use any particular graphics toolkit or output system. Instead, it invokes callback function pointers that its embedding program should provide it to draw on its behalf.

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

Install libvterm 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 libvterm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvterm

Install libvterm 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 libvterm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvterm

How To Uninstall libvterm on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libvterm

libvterm Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/58ff59ccca01979679d14ecf1d94698ed09498
/usr/lib/libvterm.so.0
/usr/lib/libvterm.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libvterm
/usr/share/licenses/libvterm/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/ec6909f82d23dbd26da218ed9db3a58c5601ce
/usr/lib64/libvterm.so.0
/usr/lib64/libvterm.so.0.0.4
/usr/share/licenses/libvterm
/usr/share/licenses/libvterm/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/b6524bb24a5fd8ba4a74a3bad926abdbf91b5a
/usr/lib64/libvterm.so.0
/usr/lib64/libvterm.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libvterm
/usr/share/licenses/libvterm/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/ca1f1115d950cc772232350161c2f2acd0ae72
/usr/lib/libvterm.so.0
/usr/lib/libvterm.so.0.0.4
/usr/share/licenses/libvterm
/usr/share/licenses/libvterm/LICENSE

References

[libvterm website](http://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/libvterm/ http://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/libvterm/)

Summary

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