How To Install bpkg on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpkg in Fedora 36. bpkg is build2 package dependency manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpkg on Fedora 36.

What is bpkg

The build2 package dependency manager is used to manipulate build configurations, packages, and repositories.

We can use yum or dnf to install bpkg on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bpkg.

Install bpkg on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bpkg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bpkg

Install bpkg on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bpkg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bpkg

How To Uninstall bpkg on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove bpkg

bpkg Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/bpkg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/1c7d84f98b9a66c6641f2ff9b4b8397fe31649
/usr/share/doc/bpkg
/usr/share/doc/bpkg/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/bpkg/README
/usr/share/licenses/bpkg
/usr/share/licenses/bpkg/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/bpkg/LEGAL
/usr/share/licenses/bpkg/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-argument-grouping.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-cfg-create.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-cfg-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-cfg-link.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-cfg-unlink.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-common-options.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-default-options-files.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-help.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-build.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-checkout.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-clean.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-configure.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-disfigure.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-drop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-fetch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-install.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-purge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-status.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-test.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-uninstall.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-unpack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-update.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-pkg-verify.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-rep-add.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-rep-create.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-rep-fetch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-rep-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-rep-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-rep-remove.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-repository-signing.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg-repository-types.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bpkg.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpkg on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).