How To Install SFML on Fedora 34

SFML is Simple and Fast Multimedia Library Simple and Fast Multimedia Library

Introduction

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

What is SFML

SFML is a portable and easy to use multimedia API written in C++. You can see it as a modern, object-oriented alternative to SDL. SFML is composed of several packages to perfectly suit your needs. You can use SFML as a minimal windowing system to interface with OpenGL, or as a fully-featured multimedia library for building games or interactive programs. SFML 2.5.1 8.fc34 x86_64 288 k SFML-2.5.1-8.fc34.src.rpm fedora Simple and Fast Multimedia Library http zlib and Public Domain SFML is a portable and easy to use multimedia API written in C++. You can see it as a modern, object-oriented alternative to SDL. SFML is composed of several packages to perfectly suit your needs. You can use SFML as a minimal windowing system to interface with OpenGL, or as a fully-featured multimedia library for building games or interactive programs.

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

Install SFML 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 SFML using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SFML

Install SFML 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 SFML using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SFML

How To Uninstall SFML on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove SFML

SFML Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/a0f3379fe5e58333b516ea493917d3cfe91d6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/6f357892625ba620bb511ee276a4a7f2dab2bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/679908728d9e96b5e5fafe919306a849d67fa6
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/83759cc5ba25025732617f56221e745c2dae03
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/cfd8d01cba23c0d9abcc1dd88d9e0fa69c1cfc
/usr/lib/libsfml-audio.so.2.5
/usr/lib/libsfml-audio.so.2.5.1
/usr/lib/libsfml-graphics.so.2.5
/usr/lib/libsfml-graphics.so.2.5.1
/usr/lib/libsfml-network.so.2.5
/usr/lib/libsfml-network.so.2.5.1
/usr/lib/libsfml-system.so.2.5
/usr/lib/libsfml-system.so.2.5.1
/usr/lib/libsfml-window.so.2.5
/usr/lib/libsfml-window.so.2.5.1
/usr/share/SFML/license.md
/usr/share/SFML/readme.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/b529795e363a4ad2f2beeab9a680984771e077
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/e6c7b9b102ae37317d2f18f5e9168f33babc9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/d4eef0584f6f8b0f02d09fc315a78e465d870b
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/52a79cad85acc2455b36590a63ca55708d267a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/1fba89d0949f7494112f8b94bf67f789f81997
/usr/lib64/libsfml-audio.so.2.5
/usr/lib64/libsfml-audio.so.2.5.1
/usr/lib64/libsfml-graphics.so.2.5
/usr/lib64/libsfml-graphics.so.2.5.1
/usr/lib64/libsfml-network.so.2.5
/usr/lib64/libsfml-network.so.2.5.1
/usr/lib64/libsfml-system.so.2.5
/usr/lib64/libsfml-system.so.2.5.1
/usr/lib64/libsfml-window.so.2.5
/usr/lib64/libsfml-window.so.2.5.1
/usr/share/SFML/license.md
/usr/share/SFML/readme.md

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Summary

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