How To Install openobex on Fedora 34

openobex is Library for using OBEX Library for using OBEX

Introduction

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

What is openobex

OBEX (OBject EXchange) is a protocol usually used by various mobile devices to exchange all kind of objects like files, pictures, calendar entries (vCal) and business cards (vCard). This package contains the Open OBEX shared C library. openobex 1.7.2 17.fc34 x86_64 61 k openobex-1.7.2-17.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for using OBEX http GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ OBEX (OBject EXchange) is a protocol usually used by various mobile devices to exchange all kind of objects like files, pictures, calendar entries (vCal) and business cards (vCard). This package contains the Open OBEX shared C library.

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

Install openobex 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 openobex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openobex

Install openobex 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 openobex using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openobex

How To Uninstall openobex on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove openobex

openobex Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/27c37be02b861909ef9a4926115a142395e881
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/48a8ba774952457807ea164b7c661350c69c01
/usr/lib/libopenobex.so.1.7.2
/usr/lib/libopenobex.so.2
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openobex.rules
/usr/sbin/obex-check-device
/usr/share/doc/openobex
/usr/share/doc/openobex/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/openobex/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/openobex/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/openobex/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/openobex/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/4b97e0a4148b1a8295f61fefaad275bb3b9d56
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/927e2ca82ab8ccaceba72362cc19927cccaa4c
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openobex.rules
/usr/lib64/libopenobex.so.1.7.2
/usr/lib64/libopenobex.so.2
/usr/sbin/obex-check-device
/usr/share/doc/openobex
/usr/share/doc/openobex/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/openobex/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/openobex/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/openobex/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/openobex/README

References

Summary

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