How To Install libwps on Fedora 34

libwps is A library for import of Microsoft Works documents A library for import of Microsoft Works documents

Introduction

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

What is libwps

libwps is a library for import of Microsoft Works text documents, spreadsheets and (in a limited way) databases. Full list of supported formats is available at https libwps 0.4.12 2.fc34 x86_64 882 k libwps-0.4.12-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora A library for import of Microsoft Works documents http LGPLv2+ or MPLv2.0 libwps is a library for import of Microsoft Works text documents, spreadsheets and (in a limited way) databases. Full list of supported formats is available at https

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

Install libwps 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 libwps using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwps

Install libwps 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 libwps using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwps

How To Uninstall libwps on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libwps

libwps Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/c5756ec2be5722c02966cabdc5fca6118b2fe0
/usr/lib/libwps-0.4.so.4
/usr/lib/libwps-0.4.so.4.0.12
/usr/share/doc/libwps
/usr/share/doc/libwps/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/libwps/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libwps/README
/usr/share/licenses/libwps
/usr/share/licenses/libwps/COPYING.LGPL
/usr/share/licenses/libwps/COPYING.MPL
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/62d6e39e9cced065c9afc3df6f62ed20352457
/usr/lib64/libwps-0.4.so.4
/usr/lib64/libwps-0.4.so.4.0.12
/usr/share/doc/libwps
/usr/share/doc/libwps/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/libwps/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libwps/README
/usr/share/licenses/libwps
/usr/share/licenses/libwps/COPYING.LGPL
/usr/share/licenses/libwps/COPYING.MPL

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Summary

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