How To Install opensubdiv on Fedora 34

opensubdiv is High performance subdivision surface libraries High performance subdivision surface libraries

Introduction

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

What is `opensubdiv`

OpenSubdiv is a set of open source libraries that implement high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) evaluation on massively parallel CPU and GPU architectures. This codepath is optimized for drawing deforming subdivs with static topology at interactive framerates. opensubdiv 3.4.4 1.fc34 x86_64 21 k opensubdiv-3.4.4-1.fc34.src.rpm updates High performance subdivision surface libraries https ASL 2.0 OpenSubdiv is a set of open source libraries that implement high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) evaluation on massively parallel CPU and GPU architectures. This codepath is optimized for drawing deforming subdivs with static topology at interactive framerates.

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

Install opensubdiv 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 opensubdiv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install opensubdiv

Install opensubdiv 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 opensubdiv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install opensubdiv

How To Uninstall opensubdiv on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove opensubdiv

opensubdiv Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/stringify
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/925bdca160e901e471cd2dabc9e732ff801f59
/usr/share/licenses/opensubdiv
/usr/share/licenses/opensubdiv/LICENSE.txt
/usr/bin/stringify
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/c42808ae183477cf186492c5ae7b053e0596c0
/usr/share/licenses/opensubdiv
/usr/share/licenses/opensubdiv/LICENSE.txt
/usr/bin/stringify
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/8d438aeab3188aeb35f1e30836e95ac4e31d1f
/usr/share/licenses/opensubdiv
/usr/share/licenses/opensubdiv/LICENSE.txt
/usr/bin/stringify
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/b5fbeef4c6b1edfc9e862373be241aa8040b78
/usr/share/licenses/opensubdiv
/usr/share/licenses/opensubdiv/LICENSE.txt

References

[opensubdiv website](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv)

Summary

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