How To Install openslide on Fedora 34

openslide is C library for reading virtual slides C library for reading virtual slides

Introduction

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

What is openslide

The OpenSlide library allows programs to access virtual slide files regardless of the underlying image format. openslide 3.4.1 18.fc34 x86_64 109 k openslide-3.4.1-18.fc34.src.rpm fedora C library for reading virtual slides http LGPLv2 The OpenSlide library allows programs to access virtual slide files regardless of the underlying image format.

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

Install openslide 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 openslide using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openslide

Install openslide 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 openslide using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openslide

How To Uninstall openslide on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove openslide

openslide Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/5d4e526654099ec5418ead5f0525ea9d339bd9
/usr/lib/libopenslide.so.0
/usr/lib/libopenslide.so.0.4.1
/usr/share/doc/openslide
/usr/share/doc/openslide/CHANGELOG.txt
/usr/share/doc/openslide/README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/openslide
/usr/share/licenses/openslide/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/licenses/openslide/lgpl-2.1.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/f5c0d8ada7122c54a7eb6a929b7598e21f5bc3
/usr/lib64/libopenslide.so.0
/usr/lib64/libopenslide.so.0.4.1
/usr/share/doc/openslide
/usr/share/doc/openslide/CHANGELOG.txt
/usr/share/doc/openslide/README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/openslide
/usr/share/licenses/openslide/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/licenses/openslide/lgpl-2.1.txt

References

Summary

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