How To Install libyui on Fedora 34

libyui is GUI-abstraction library GUI-abstraction library

Introduction

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

What is libyui

This is the user interface engine that provides the abstraction from graphical user interfaces (Qt, Gtk) and text based user interfaces (ncurses). Originally developed for YaST, libyui can now be used independently of YaST for generic (C++) applications. libyui has very few dependencies. libyui 3.10.0 3.fc34 x86_64 309 k libyui-3.10.0-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora GUI-abstraction library https (LGPLv2 or LGPLv3) and MIT This is the user interface engine that provides the abstraction from graphical user interfaces (Qt, Gtk) and text based user interfaces (ncurses). Originally developed for YaST, libyui can now be used independently of YaST for generic (C++) applications. libyui has very few dependencies.

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

Install libyui 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 libyui using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libyui

Install libyui 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 libyui using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libyui

How To Uninstall libyui on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libyui

libyui Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/e66e534a02933e62c03b99da9edd076284b057
/usr/lib64/libyui.so.12
/usr/lib64/libyui.so.12.0.0
/usr/lib64/yui
/usr/share/doc/libyui
/usr/share/doc/libyui/README.md
/usr/share/libyui
/usr/share/libyui/theme
/usr/share/licenses/libyui
/usr/share/licenses/libyui/COPYING.gpl-3
/usr/share/licenses/libyui/COPYING.lgpl-2.1
/usr/share/licenses/libyui/COPYING.lgpl-3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/3b4afbbee7ce76e188222d7d11fc8fdfd29752
/usr/lib/libyui.so.12
/usr/lib/libyui.so.12.0.0
/usr/lib/yui
/usr/share/doc/libyui
/usr/share/doc/libyui/README.md
/usr/share/libyui
/usr/share/libyui/theme
/usr/share/licenses/libyui
/usr/share/licenses/libyui/COPYING.gpl-3
/usr/share/licenses/libyui/COPYING.lgpl-2.1
/usr/share/licenses/libyui/COPYING.lgpl-3

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Summary

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