How To Install brlapi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install brlapi in Fedora 36. brlapi is Application Programming Interface for BRLTTY

Introduction

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

What is brlapi

This package provides the run-time support for the Application Programming Interface to BRLTTY. Install this package if you have an application which directly accesses a refreshable braille display.

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

Install brlapi 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 brlapi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install brlapi

Install brlapi 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 brlapi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install brlapi

How To Uninstall brlapi on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove brlapi

brlapi Package Contents on Fedora 36

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## Introduction

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

### What is `brlapi`

> This package provides the run-time support for the Application Programming Interface to BRLTTY.  Install this package if you have an application which directly accesses a refreshable braille display.  

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

## Install brlapi on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install brlapi

Install brlapi 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 brlapi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install brlapi

How To Uninstall brlapi on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove brlapi

brlapi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/brlapi.key
/usr/bin/eutp
/usr/bin/vstp
/usr/bin/xbrlapi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/567626cef335aece6fd294e613b2e5a3bf589b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/de657502ba32589777912224856411b79f0084
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/b388f781f60c8301fb1871e4289b4ba2f21ba5
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/385b904486876c36fbcf76a64067d4a2e6bfc1
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/b072af79eb1f584bde1e72eb0faf9125812816
/usr/lib/brltty/libbrlttybba.so
/usr/lib/libbrlapi.so.0.8
/usr/lib/libbrlapi.so.0.8.3
/usr/share/doc/brlapi
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-1.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-2.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-3.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-4.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-5.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-6.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-7.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.sgml
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.txt
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/README
/usr/share/man/man1/eutp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vstp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xbrlapi.1.gz

References

Summary

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

/etc/brlapi.key /usr/bin/eutp /usr/bin/vstp /usr/bin/xbrlapi /usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/03 /usr/lib/.build-id/03/2c7cdae6f3d180268b6991729bc58a8137a868 /usr/lib/.build-id/0a/e7663572ba57721e0985c4c5bb6d340d74dae5 /usr/lib/.build-id/27 /usr/lib/.build-id/27/d91caee0f08cbef2daf564fa022c3d10759a1a /usr/lib/.build-id/5f /usr/lib/.build-id/5f/fe329b872768b0c2382b75c1f70c69bf9c4a1f /usr/lib/.build-id/60/b1d41323289fa41b065eb59ca83d87c0467fff /usr/lib64/brltty/libbrlttybba.so /usr/lib64/libbrlapi.so.0.8 /usr/lib64/libbrlapi.so.0.8.3 /usr/share/doc/brlapi /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-1.html /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-2.html /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-3.html /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-4.html /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-5.html /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-6.html /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-7.html /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.html /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.sgml /usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.txt /usr/share/doc/brlapi/README /usr/share/man/man1/eutp.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/vstp.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/xbrlapi.1.gz


## References

* [brlapi website](http://brltty.app/)

## Summary

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