How To Install usd on Fedora 34

usd is 3D VFX pipeline interchange file format

Introduction

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

What is usd

Universal Scene Description (USD) is a time-sampled scene description for interchange between graphics applications.

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

Install usd 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 usd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install usd

Install usd 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 usd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install usd

How To Uninstall usd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove usd

usd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sdfdump
/usr/bin/sdffilter
/usr/bin/testusdview
/usr/bin/usdGenSchema
/usr/bin/usdcat
/usr/bin/usdchecker
/usr/bin/usddiff
/usr/bin/usddumpcrate
/usr/bin/usdedit
/usr/bin/usdrecord
/usr/bin/usdresolve
/usr/bin/usdstitch
/usr/bin/usdstitchclips
/usr/bin/usdtree
/usr/bin/usdview
/usr/bin/usdzip
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/2209b2d0547056df7bf6f30887ed61be2919c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/f36cf87a71d73011c87e41a9b95dc3cecdb91f
/usr/share/doc/usd
/usr/share/doc/usd/NOTICE.txt
/usr/share/doc/usd/README.md
/usr/share/usd
/usr/share/usd/examples
/usr/share/usd/examples/include
/usr/share/usd/examples/include/pxr
/usr/share/usd/examples/include/pxr/imaging
/usr/share/usd/examples/include/pxr/imaging/hdTiny
/usr/share/usd/examples/include/pxr/imaging/hdTiny/mesh.h
/usr/share/usd/examples/include/pxr/imaging/hdTiny/renderDelegate.h
/usr/share/usd/examples/include/pxr/imaging/hdTiny/renderPass.h
/usr/share/usd/examples/include/pxr/imaging/hdTiny/rendererPlugin.h
/usr/share/usd/examples/plugin
/usr/share/usd/examples/plugin/hdTiny
/usr/share/usd/examples/plugin/hdTiny/resources
/usr/share/usd/examples/plugin/hdTiny/resources/plugInfo.json

References

Summary

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