How To Install hidapi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install hidapi in Fedora 36. hidapi is Library for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID devices

Introduction

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

What is hidapi

HIDAPI is a multi-platform library which allows an application to interface with USB and Bluetooth HID-class devices on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. On Linux, either the hidraw or the libusb back-end can be used. There are trade-offs and the functionality supported is slightly different.

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

Install hidapi 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 hidapi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hidapi

Install hidapi 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 hidapi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hidapi

How To Uninstall hidapi on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove hidapi

hidapi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/36d48846c5624577262ec1b699b37feeba18d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/9ed29b6497c7317a39e5e53a3420bcbac4fbee
/usr/lib64/libhidapi-hidraw.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhidapi-hidraw.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libhidapi-libusb.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhidapi-libusb.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/hidapi
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/AUTHORS.txt
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/LICENSE-bsd.txt
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/LICENSE-gpl3.txt
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/LICENSE-orig.txt
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/README.md

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

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

What is hidapi

HIDAPI is a multi-platform library which allows an application to interface with USB and Bluetooth HID-class devices on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. On Linux, either the hidraw or the libusb back-end can be used. There are trade-offs and the functionality supported is slightly different.

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

Install hidapi 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 hidapi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hidapi

Install hidapi 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 hidapi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hidapi

How To Uninstall hidapi on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove hidapi

hidapi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/16aa753493fe63a5a8c67a9d6958b064ab4a7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/0050bf47f8e9fca3d93ac52760c63d58e9a26f
/usr/lib/libhidapi-hidraw.so.0
/usr/lib/libhidapi-hidraw.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libhidapi-libusb.so.0
/usr/lib/libhidapi-libusb.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/hidapi
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/AUTHORS.txt
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/LICENSE-bsd.txt
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/LICENSE-gpl3.txt
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/LICENSE-orig.txt
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/hidapi/README.md

References

Summary

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