How To Install gplugin on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gplugin in Fedora 36. gplugin is GObject based library that implements a reusable plugin system

Introduction

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

What is `gplugin`

GPlugin is a GObject based library that implements a reusable plugin system which supports loading plugins in other languages via loaders. It relies heavily on GObject Introspection to expose its API to the other languages. It has a very simple API which makes it very simple to use in your application.

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

Install gplugin 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 gplugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gplugin

Install gplugin 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 gplugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gplugin

How To Uninstall gplugin on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove gplugin

gplugin Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gplugin-query
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/2f67eeef9e17137a69726dd51bbf9243f381a4
/usr/share/man/man1/gplugin-query.1.gz

References

gplugin website

Summary

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