How To Install wimlib on Fedora 34

wimlib is Open source Windows Imaging (WIM) library Open source Windows Imaging (WIM) library

Introduction

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

What is wimlib

wimlib is a C library for creating, modifying, extracting, and mounting files in the Windows Imaging Format (WIM files). wimlib and its command-line frontend ‘wimlib-imagex’ provide a free and cross-platform alternative to Microsoft’s WIMGAPI, ImageX, and DISM. wimlib 1.13.4 1.fc34 x86_64 221 k wimlib-1.13.4-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Open source Windows Imaging (WIM) library https GPLv3+ and CC0 wimlib is a C library for creating, modifying, extracting, and mounting files in the Windows Imaging Format (WIM files). wimlib and its command-line frontend ‘wimlib-imagex’ provide a free and cross-platform alternative to Microsoft’s WIMGAPI, ImageX, and DISM.

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

Install wimlib 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 wimlib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wimlib

Install wimlib 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 wimlib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wimlib

How To Uninstall wimlib on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove wimlib

wimlib Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/1ab294ee94720f37981919d03303cba19daac3
/usr/lib/libwim.so.15
/usr/lib/libwim.so.15.19.0
/usr/share/doc/wimlib
/usr/share/doc/wimlib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/wimlib/README
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING.CC0
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING.GPLv3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/75cf9bd104e2131d61333aef9e828e0e50655c
/usr/lib/libwim.so.15
/usr/lib/libwim.so.15.18.0
/usr/share/doc/wimlib
/usr/share/doc/wimlib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/wimlib/README
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING.CC0
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING.GPLv3
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING.LGPLv3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/bf977784fb1e98afb4587ceaba6aece6c450ff
/usr/lib64/libwim.so.15
/usr/lib64/libwim.so.15.18.0
/usr/share/doc/wimlib
/usr/share/doc/wimlib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/wimlib/README
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING.CC0
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING.GPLv3
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING.LGPLv3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/894e7b733a674fc9ef590cf66da37834a4fc76
/usr/lib64/libwim.so.15
/usr/lib64/libwim.so.15.19.0
/usr/share/doc/wimlib
/usr/share/doc/wimlib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/wimlib/README
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING.CC0
/usr/share/licenses/wimlib/COPYING.GPLv3

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Summary

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