How To Install libosinfo on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosinfo in Fedora 36. libosinfo is A library for managing OS information for virtualization

Introduction

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

What is libosinfo

libosinfo is a library that allows virtualization provisioning tools to determine the optimal device settings for a hypervisor/operating system combination.

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

Install libosinfo 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 libosinfo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libosinfo

Install libosinfo 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 libosinfo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libosinfo

How To Uninstall libosinfo on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libosinfo

libosinfo Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/osinfo-detect
/usr/bin/osinfo-install-script
/usr/bin/osinfo-query
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/3481cfe0d973a07782b5532c897ab2a674e7d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/ebf0cf43d2338c0f4f1ab45ae83b5322cf1a61
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/00a0c2472579fd768e8a4c25f8c89321de589d
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/5a86cf971d2ba704a394b8a039e4e320a6836d
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Libosinfo-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libosinfo-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libosinfo-1.0.so.0.1010.0
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo/README
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/osinfo-detect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/osinfo-install-script.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/osinfo-query.1.gz

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

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

What is libosinfo

libosinfo is a library that allows virtualization provisioning tools to determine the optimal device settings for a hypervisor/operating system combination.

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

Install libosinfo 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 libosinfo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libosinfo

Install libosinfo 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 libosinfo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libosinfo

How To Uninstall libosinfo on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libosinfo

libosinfo Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/osinfo-detect
/usr/bin/osinfo-install-script
/usr/bin/osinfo-query
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/695d38dc574f372641ee48478cf947c7b1c3c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/6b08b2d822cc0c591d42aa48fd5854b1574c5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/90541a7f88f965f4c03e184570e39b72653e68
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/ad9cd8f504b3eecd3266e7c3e1e05ab7032b39
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Libosinfo-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libosinfo-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libosinfo-1.0.so.0.1010.0
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libosinfo/README
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libosinfo.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/osinfo-detect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/osinfo-install-script.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/osinfo-query.1.gz

References

Summary

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