How To Install libeconf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeconf in Fedora 36. libeconf is Enhanced config file parser library

Introduction

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

What is `libeconf`

libeconf is a highly flexible and configurable library to parse and manage key=value configuration files. It reads configuration file snippets from different directories and builds the final configuration file from it.

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

Install libeconf 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 libeconf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libeconf

Install libeconf 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 libeconf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libeconf

How To Uninstall libeconf on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libeconf

libeconf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/6903b8f0255779c638b9e54c98145ce644550c
/usr/lib64/libeconf.so.0
/usr/lib64/libeconf.so.0.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libeconf
/usr/share/doc/libeconf/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libeconf/README.md
/usr/share/doc/libeconf/TODO.md
/usr/share/licenses/libeconf
/usr/share/licenses/libeconf/LICENSE

References

libeconf website

Summary

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