How To Install patchelf on Fedora 34

patchelf is A utility for patching ELF binaries

Introduction

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

What is patchelf

PatchELF is a simple utility for modifying an existing ELF executable or library. It can change the dynamic loader (“ELF interpreter”) of an executable and change the RPATH of an executable or library.

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

Install patchelf 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 patchelf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install patchelf

Install patchelf 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 patchelf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install patchelf

How To Uninstall patchelf on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove patchelf

patchelf Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/patchelf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/162dca3555ba4d590ff25499584e181d7dc1b7
/usr/share/doc/patchelf
/usr/share/doc/patchelf/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/patchelf
/usr/share/licenses/patchelf/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/patchelf.1.gz

References

Summary

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