How To Install waffle on Fedora 34

waffle is Platform independent GL API layer Platform independent GL API layer

Introduction

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

What is `waffle`

Waffle is a cross-platform C library that allows one to defer selection of GL API and of window system until runtime. waffle 1.6.1 3.fc34 x86_64 53 k waffle-1.6.1-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora Platform independent GL API layer http MIT Waffle is a cross-platform C library that allows one to defer selection of GL API and of window system until runtime.

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

Install waffle 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 waffle using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install waffle

Install waffle 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 waffle using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install waffle

How To Uninstall waffle on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove waffle

waffle Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/wflinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/05b33e742c8b424972baf187a36a2eb4c7b88f
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/0e07a5b31f7883a44f14325c8280df1b74f19a
/usr/lib/libwaffle-1.so.0
/usr/lib/libwaffle-1.so.0.6.1
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/wflinfo
/usr/share/doc/waffle
/usr/share/doc/waffle/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/waffle
/usr/share/licenses/waffle/LICENSE.txt
/usr/bin/wflinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/219e2d384e8b9e6bb9d2b483d1a6d1bdf55935
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/68eec6e771861ae8dab3de73ff2d08b902bff2
/usr/lib64/libwaffle-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwaffle-1.so.0.6.1
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/wflinfo
/usr/share/doc/waffle
/usr/share/doc/waffle/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/waffle
/usr/share/licenses/waffle/LICENSE.txt

References

[waffle website](http://www.waffle-gl.org/releases.html http://www.waffle-gl.org/releases.html)

Summary

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