How To Install libwmf on Fedora 34

libwmf is Windows MetaFile Library Windows MetaFile Library

Introduction

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

What is `libwmf`

A library for reading and converting Windows MetaFile vector graphics (WMF). libwmf 0.2.12 5.fc34 x86_64 118 k libwmf-0.2.12-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora Windows MetaFile Library https LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and GPL+ A library for reading and converting Windows MetaFile vector graphics (WMF).

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

Install libwmf 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 libwmf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwmf

Install libwmf 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 libwmf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwmf

How To Uninstall libwmf on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libwmf

libwmf Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/libwmf-fontmap
/usr/bin/wmf2eps
/usr/bin/wmf2fig
/usr/bin/wmf2gd
/usr/bin/wmf2svg
/usr/bin/wmf2x
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/5c9869d4c1d681000e0227b041fda3f350b5a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/0becc8127c797e27b630e96b80fe1f72a1af42
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/59d373a9ac6859817621e35173a77f0ef5b6f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/70aad0eb99ec7b0d22e154b629fb275fe5e706
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/fd8a53874ddbb3f53f24da688648add919c068
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/d0dd80dce6f2d30e8e702d1fc7850dfea07fbd
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/06a272a58d3664cdf6af3cc37bfbf4543efc2e
/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/io-wmf.so
/usr/lib/libwmf-0.2.so.7
/usr/lib/libwmf-0.2.so.7.1.4
/usr/share/libwmf
/usr/share/libwmf/fonts
/usr/share/libwmf/fonts/fontmap
/usr/bin/libwmf-fontmap
/usr/bin/wmf2eps
/usr/bin/wmf2fig
/usr/bin/wmf2gd
/usr/bin/wmf2svg
/usr/bin/wmf2x
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/2945589d01ca3a241cdad217bb4a9bf0f2db62
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/ec0c43950da53fde9566c1a48ac83b8b7d31e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/f9a4acfaffd3a79eebd484101cd6cda83be5bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/be63aef7ef368b8d52b9d0a848c55c504aab16
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/dcc9a27b8b1f97e0cfb36f4c857306c7de57e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/4870830cd53fc43b5bcfa193e085e5ef68b529
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/23a772688306d85220294ec7f2b442b92fc72c
/usr/lib64/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/io-wmf.so
/usr/lib64/libwmf-0.2.so.7
/usr/lib64/libwmf-0.2.so.7.1.4
/usr/share/libwmf
/usr/share/libwmf/fonts
/usr/share/libwmf/fonts/fontmap

References

[libwmf website](https://github.com/caolanm/libwmf https://github.com/caolanm/libwmf)

Summary

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