How To Install platform on Fedora 34

platform is Platform support library used by libCEC and binary add-ons for Kodi Platform support library used by libCEC and binary add-ons for Kodi

Introduction

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

What is `platform`

Platform support library used by libCEC and binary add-ons for Kodi. platform 2.1.0.1 11.fc34 x86_64 38 k platform-2.1.0.1-11.fc34.src.rpm fedora Platform support library used by libCEC and binary add-ons for Kodi https GPLv2+ Platform support library used by libCEC and binary add-ons for Kodi.

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

Install platform 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 platform using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install platform

Install platform 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 platform using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install platform

How To Uninstall platform on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove platform

platform Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/981f0538e5b03b7923523db2fac8f27d160d96
/usr/lib64/libp8-platform.so.2
/usr/lib64/libp8-platform.so.2.1.0
/usr/share/doc/platform
/usr/share/doc/platform/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/platform
/usr/share/licenses/platform/gpl-2.0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/d442bd182dfd7cebcb4c43ebeb5e9b542785e8
/usr/lib/libp8-platform.so.2
/usr/lib/libp8-platform.so.2.1.0
/usr/share/doc/platform
/usr/share/doc/platform/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/platform
/usr/share/licenses/platform/gpl-2.0.txt

References

[platform website](https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/platform/ https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/platform/)

Summary

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