How To Install libwiimote on Fedora 34

libwiimote is Simple Wiimote Library for Linux Simple Wiimote Library for Linux

Introduction

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

What is `libwiimote`

Libwiimote is a C-library that provides a simple API for communicating with the Nintendo Wii Remote (aka. wiimote) on a Linux system. The goal of this library is to be a complete and easy to use framework for interfacing applications with the wiimote. libwiimote 0.4 28.fc34 x86_64 30 k libwiimote-0.4-28.fc34.src.rpm fedora Simple Wiimote Library for Linux http GPLv2+ Libwiimote is a C-library that provides a simple API for communicating with the Nintendo Wii Remote (aka. wiimote) on a Linux system. The goal of this library is to be a complete and easy to use framework for interfacing applications with the wiimote.

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

Install libwiimote 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 libwiimote using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwiimote

Install libwiimote 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 libwiimote using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwiimote

How To Uninstall libwiimote on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libwiimote

libwiimote Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/d860aecd449f2c61d3fc38e75ec708353c8b35
/usr/lib/libcwiimote.so.0
/usr/lib/libcwiimote.so.0.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote/README
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote/TODO
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/35f694f08fa9bfc1fb7fe16d72f6ed2cf68f8e
/usr/lib64/libcwiimote.so.0
/usr/lib64/libcwiimote.so.0.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote/README
/usr/share/doc/libwiimote/TODO

References

[libwiimote website](http://libwiimote.sf.net/ http://libwiimote.sf.net/)

Summary

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