How To Install libalpm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalpm in Fedora 36. libalpm is Arch Linux Package Management library

Introduction

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

What is libalpm

This library is the backend behind Pacman — the package manager used by the Arch distribution. It uses simple compressed files as a package format, and maintains a text-based package database.

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

Install libalpm 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 libalpm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libalpm

Install libalpm 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 libalpm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libalpm

How To Uninstall libalpm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libalpm

libalpm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/f7de89b759aff2d24214751dca7416759e8b5f
/usr/lib64/libalpm.so.13
/usr/lib64/libalpm.so.13.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/pacman
/usr/share/licenses/pacman/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/az_AZ/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_419/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

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

What is libalpm

This library is the backend behind Pacman — the package manager used by the Arch distribution. It uses simple compressed files as a package format, and maintains a text-based package database.

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

Install libalpm 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 libalpm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libalpm

Install libalpm 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 libalpm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libalpm

How To Uninstall libalpm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libalpm

libalpm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/9cf39af8d1c56e9a4cf6bf83bda53440cd7825
/usr/lib/libalpm.so.13
/usr/lib/libalpm.so.13.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/pacman
/usr/share/licenses/pacman/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/az_AZ/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_419/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo

References

Summary

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