How To Install xforms on Fedora 34

xforms is XForms toolkit library XForms toolkit library

Introduction

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

What is xforms

XForms is a GUI toolkit based on Xlib for X Window Systems. It features a rich set of objects, such as buttons, sliders, browsers, and menus etc. integrated into an easy and efficient object/event callback execution model that allows fast and easy construction of X-applications. In addition, the library is extensible and new objects can easily be created and added to the library. xforms 1.2.4 18.fc34 x86_64 503 k xforms-1.2.4-18.fc34.src.rpm fedora XForms toolkit library http LGPLv2+ XForms is a GUI toolkit based on Xlib for X Window Systems. It features a rich set of objects, such as buttons, sliders, browsers, and menus etc. integrated into an easy and efficient object/event callback execution model that allows fast and easy construction of X-applications. In addition, the library is extensible and new objects can easily be created and added to the library.

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

Install xforms 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 xforms using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xforms

Install xforms 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 xforms using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xforms

How To Uninstall xforms on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xforms

xforms Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/2027dacc958e0a6ab6160a84fccd66bdfef964
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/65e9267becb4ab17831652d39aa401109992ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/9b08cb00dfc9fd7e777d1a7af819437c135de6
/usr/lib/libflimage.so.2
/usr/lib/libflimage.so.2.1.3
/usr/lib/libforms.so.2
/usr/lib/libforms.so.2.1.3
/usr/lib/libformsGL.so.2
/usr/lib/libformsGL.so.2.1.3
/usr/share/doc/xforms
/usr/share/doc/xforms/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xforms/README
/usr/share/licenses/xforms
/usr/share/licenses/xforms/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/licenses/xforms/Copyright
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/224afef78a06cdcbb2cad54f05b5a308af9a46
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/1d67f1efa9769604762145143b9bc210e3109b
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/80500410fca124d02e8d18ac7973562e480687
/usr/lib64/libflimage.so.2
/usr/lib64/libflimage.so.2.1.3
/usr/lib64/libforms.so.2
/usr/lib64/libforms.so.2.1.3
/usr/lib64/libformsGL.so.2
/usr/lib64/libformsGL.so.2.1.3
/usr/share/doc/xforms
/usr/share/doc/xforms/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xforms/README
/usr/share/licenses/xforms
/usr/share/licenses/xforms/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/licenses/xforms/Copyright

References

Summary

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