How To Install libcoap on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoap in Fedora 36. libcoap is C library implementation of CoAP

Introduction

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

What is libcoap

The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is a specialized web transfer protocol for use with constrained nodes and constrained networks in the Internet of Things. The protocol is designed for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications such as smart energy and building automation. libcoap implements a lightweight application-protocol for devices with constrained resources such as computing power, RF range, memory, bandwidth, or network packet sizes. This protocol, CoAP, was standardized in the IETF working group “CoRE” as RFC 7252.

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

Install libcoap 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 libcoap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcoap

Install libcoap 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 libcoap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcoap

How To Uninstall libcoap on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libcoap

libcoap Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/ef55fda990d1a41d5eed5e135b7b90018994f3
/usr/lib64/libcoap-3-openssl.so.3
/usr/lib64/libcoap-3-openssl.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libcoap
/usr/share/doc/libcoap/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libcoap
/usr/share/licenses/libcoap/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libcoap/LICENSE

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

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

What is libcoap

The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is a specialized web transfer protocol for use with constrained nodes and constrained networks in the Internet of Things. The protocol is designed for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications such as smart energy and building automation. libcoap implements a lightweight application-protocol for devices with constrained resources such as computing power, RF range, memory, bandwidth, or network packet sizes. This protocol, CoAP, was standardized in the IETF working group “CoRE” as RFC 7252.

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

Install libcoap 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 libcoap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcoap

Install libcoap 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 libcoap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcoap

How To Uninstall libcoap on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libcoap

libcoap Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/2abdd464ce7e996e43a6618535dd84dddb2756
/usr/lib/libcoap-3-openssl.so.3
/usr/lib/libcoap-3-openssl.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libcoap
/usr/share/doc/libcoap/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libcoap
/usr/share/licenses/libcoap/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libcoap/LICENSE

References

Summary

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