How To Install libwicked on Fedora 34

libwicked is Network configuration infrastructure - Shared library Network configuration infrastructure - Shared library

Introduction

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

What is `libwicked`

Wicked is a network configuration infrastructure incorporating a number of existing frameworks into a unified architecture, providing a DBUS interface to network configuration. This package provides the wicked shared library. libwicked 0.6.63 3.fc34 x86_64 611 k wicked-0.6.63-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora Network configuration infrastructure - Shared library https GPLv2+ Wicked is a network configuration infrastructure incorporating a number of existing frameworks into a unified architecture, providing a DBUS interface to network configuration. This package provides the wicked shared library.

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

Install libwicked 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 libwicked using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwicked

Install libwicked 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 libwicked using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwicked

How To Uninstall libwicked on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libwicked

libwicked Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/fe40c78f3c8f35c89e28f3cac1e39bd66aa737
/usr/lib64/libwicked-0.6.63.so
/usr/share/licenses/libwicked
/usr/share/licenses/libwicked/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/da5393701190e73fa9a65fe70dd541bd9c86f9
/usr/lib/libwicked-0.6.63.so
/usr/share/licenses/libwicked
/usr/share/licenses/libwicked/COPYING

References

[libwicked website](https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Wicked https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Wicked)

Summary

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