How To Install libXft on Fedora 34

libXft is X.Org X11 libXft runtime library X.Org X11 libXft runtime library

Introduction

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

What is libXft

X.Org X11 libXft runtime library libXft 2.3.3 6.fc34 x86_64 63 k libXft-2.3.3-6.fc34.src.rpm fedora X.Org X11 libXft runtime library http MIT X.Org X11 libXft runtime library

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

Install libXft 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 libXft using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXft

Install libXft 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 libXft using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXft

How To Uninstall libXft on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libXft

libXft Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/41524e7abec92de643f13008912b281c53f108
/usr/lib64/libXft.so.2
/usr/lib64/libXft.so.2.3.3
/usr/share/doc/libXft
/usr/share/doc/libXft/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXft/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXft/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXft/README.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/2f4416e6907966aab0f701d703196add39416e
/usr/lib/libXft.so.2
/usr/lib/libXft.so.2.3.3
/usr/share/doc/libXft
/usr/share/doc/libXft/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXft/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXft/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXft/README.md

References

Summary

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