How To Install libuuid on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuuid in Fedora 36. libuuid is Universally unique ID library

Introduction

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

What is `libuuid`

This is the universally unique ID library, part of util-linux. The libuuid library generates and parses 128-bit universally unique id’s (UUID’s). A UUID is an identifier that is unique across both space and time, with respect to the space of all UUIDs. A UUID can be used for multiple purposes, from tagging objects with an extremely short lifetime, to reliably identifying very persistent objects across a network. See also the “uuid” package, which is a separate implementation.

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

Install libuuid 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 libuuid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libuuid

Install libuuid 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 libuuid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libuuid

How To Uninstall libuuid on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libuuid

libuuid Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/63cdd76f87151e9e73ec359b43365952060106
/usr/lib64/libuuid.so.1
/usr/lib64/libuuid.so.1.3.0
/usr/share/licenses/libuuid
/usr/share/licenses/libuuid/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libuuid/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause

References

libuuid website

Summary

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