How To Install file-libs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install file-libs in Fedora 36. file-libs is Libraries for applications using libmagic

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install file-libs on Fedora 36.

What is `file-libs`

Libraries for applications using libmagic.

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

Install file-libs 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 file-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install file-libs

Install file-libs 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 file-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install file-libs

How To Uninstall file-libs on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the file-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove file-libs

file-libs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/0a1c5a47bca8928af1b696da6a969283d5d4d1
/usr/lib64/libmagic.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmagic.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/file-libs
/usr/share/doc/file-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/file
/usr/share/file/magic
/usr/share/licenses/file-libs
/usr/share/licenses/file-libs/COPYING
/usr/share/magic
/usr/share/man/man5/magic.5.gz
/usr/share/misc/magic
/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc

References

file-libs website

Summary

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