How To Install libzip on Fedora 34

libzip is C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives

Introduction

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

What is `libzip`

libzip is a C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives. Files can be added from data buffers, files, or compressed data copied directly from other zip archives. Changes made without closing the archive can be reverted. The API is documented by man pages. libzip 1.7.3 4.fc34 x86_64 64 k libzip-1.7.3-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives https BSD libzip is a C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives. Files can be added from data buffers, files, or compressed data copied directly from other zip archives. Changes made without closing the archive can be reverted. The API is documented by man pages.

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

Install libzip 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 libzip using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libzip

Install libzip 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 libzip using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libzip

How To Uninstall libzip on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libzip

libzip Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/1f7fd92eb98df48b468bcf89f907d8e65518f7
/usr/lib/libzip.so.5
/usr/lib/libzip.so.5.3
/usr/share/licenses/libzip
/usr/share/licenses/libzip/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/090f6918e913f198d691e38661a60f235a0cb3
/usr/lib64/libzip.so.5
/usr/lib64/libzip.so.5.3
/usr/share/licenses/libzip
/usr/share/licenses/libzip/LICENSE

References

[libzip website](https://libzip.org/ https://libzip.org/)

Summary

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