How To Install libwpe on Fedora 34

libwpe is General-purpose library for the WPE-flavored port of WebKit General-purpose library for the WPE-flavored port of WebKit

Introduction

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

What is `libwpe`

General-purpose library developed for the WPE-flavored port of WebKit libwpe 1.10.0 1.fc34 x86_64 27 k libwpe-1.10.0-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora General-purpose library for the WPE-flavored port of WebKit https BSD General-purpose library developed for the WPE-flavored port of WebKit

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

Install libwpe 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 libwpe using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwpe

Install libwpe 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 libwpe using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwpe

How To Uninstall libwpe on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libwpe

libwpe Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/71ee77cfee8b7b3b43f1f22f4289d2046ce1eb
/usr/lib/libwpe-1.0.so.1
/usr/lib/libwpe-1.0.so.1.5.1
/usr/share/doc/libwpe
/usr/share/doc/libwpe/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/libwpe
/usr/share/licenses/libwpe/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/51ea2d7864423163605af8f790a1db02db534a
/usr/lib64/libwpe-1.0.so.1
/usr/lib64/libwpe-1.0.so.1.5.1
/usr/share/doc/libwpe
/usr/share/doc/libwpe/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/libwpe
/usr/share/licenses/libwpe/COPYING

References

[libwpe website](https://github.com/WebPlatformForEmbedded/libwpe https://github.com/WebPlatformForEmbedded/libwpe)

Summary

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