How To Install SOIL on Fedora 34

SOIL is Simple OpenGL Image Library Simple OpenGL Image Library

Introduction

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

What is `SOIL`

SOIL is a tiny C library used primarily for uploading textures into OpenGL. It is based on stb_image version 1.16, the public domain code from Sean Barrett. The author has extended it to load TGA and DDS files, and to perform common functions needed in loading OpenGL textures. SOIL can also be used to save and load images in a variety of formats (useful for loading height maps, non-OpenGL applications, etc.) SOIL 1.07 29.20080706.fc34 x86_64 63 k SOIL-1.07-29.20080706.fc34.src.rpm fedora Simple OpenGL Image Library http Public Domain and MIT SOIL is a tiny C library used primarily for uploading textures into OpenGL. It is based on stb_image version 1.16, the public domain code from Sean Barrett. The author has extended it to load TGA and DDS files, and to perform common functions needed in loading OpenGL textures. SOIL can also be used to save and load images in a variety of formats (useful for loading height maps, non-OpenGL applications, etc.)

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

Install SOIL 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 SOIL using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SOIL

Install SOIL 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 SOIL using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SOIL

How To Uninstall SOIL on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove SOIL

SOIL Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/44d7f8fd38d83b734f485ce556c487e226f11e
/usr/lib64/libSOIL.so.1
/usr/lib64/libSOIL.so.1.07-20071110
/usr/share/doc/SOIL
/usr/share/doc/SOIL/soil.html
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/9a02fa1552bbff85fedb4d617bb485643be951
/usr/lib/libSOIL.so.1
/usr/lib/libSOIL.so.1.07-20071110
/usr/share/doc/SOIL
/usr/share/doc/SOIL/soil.html

References

[SOIL website](http://www.lonesock.net/soil.html http://www.lonesock.net/soil.html)

Summary

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