How To Install vcglib on Fedora 34

vcglib is Visualization and Computer Graphics Library Visualization and Computer Graphics Library

Introduction

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

What is `vcglib`

The Visualization and Computer Graphics Library (VCG for short) is a open source portable C++ templated library for manipulation, processing and displaying with OpenGL of triangle and tetrahedral meshes. vcglib 1.0.1 4.fc34 x86_64 20 k vcglib-1.0.1-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora Visualization and Computer Graphics Library http GPLv2+ and GPLv3+ The Visualization and Computer Graphics Library (VCG for short) is a open source portable C++ templated library for manipulation, processing and displaying with OpenGL of triangle and tetrahedral meshes.

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

Install vcglib 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 vcglib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vcglib

Install vcglib 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 vcglib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vcglib

How To Uninstall vcglib on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove vcglib

vcglib Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/share/doc/vcglib
/usr/share/doc/vcglib/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/vcglib
/usr/share/licenses/vcglib/LICENSE.txt

References

[vcglib website](http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/vcglib/ http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/vcglib/)

Summary

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