How To Install libx86 on Fedora 34

libx86 is Library for making real-mode x86 calls Library for making real-mode x86 calls

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx86 on Fedora 34.

What is libx86

A library to provide support for making real-mode x86 calls with an emulated x86 processor. libx86 1.1 32.fc34 x86_64 54 k libx86-1.1-32.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for making real-mode x86 calls http MIT A library to provide support for making real-mode x86 calls with an emulated x86 processor.

We can use yum or dnf to install libx86 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libx86.

Install libx86 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 libx86 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libx86

Install libx86 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 libx86 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libx86

How To Uninstall libx86 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libx86 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libx86

libx86 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/24a90cf2c684d0605850654b6b46c56a26f31f
/usr/lib/libx86.so.1
/usr/share/doc/libx86
/usr/share/doc/libx86/COPYRIGHT
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/d46a14f23cca48eb8958b1c61b056da17331f9
/usr/lib64/libx86.so.1
/usr/share/doc/libx86
/usr/share/doc/libx86/COPYRIGHT

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx86 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.