How To Install lpf on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lpf on Fedora 36.
What is lpf
lpf (Local Package Factory) is designed to handle two separate problems - Packages built from sources which does not allow redistribution. - Packages requiring user to accept EULA-like terms. It works by downloading sources, possibly requiring a user to accept license terms and then building and installing rpm package(s) locally. Besides being interactive the operation is similar to akmod and dkms.
We can use yum or dnf to install lpf on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lpf.
Install lpf 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 lpf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lpf
Install lpf 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 lpf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lpf
How To Uninstall lpf on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the lpf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lpf
lpf Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/sudoers.d/pkg-build
/usr/bin/lpf
/usr/bin/lpf-gui
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.lpf
/usr/libexec/lpf-kill-pgroup
/usr/share/appdata/lpf-gui.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/lpf-gui.desktop
/usr/share/applications/lpf-notify.desktop
/usr/share/applications/lpf.desktop
/usr/share/doc/lpf
/usr/share/doc/lpf/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/lpf/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/lpf.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/lpf-gui.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/lpf.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/lpf-gui.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/lpf.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/lpf-gui.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/lpf.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/lpf.png
/usr/share/lpf
/usr/share/lpf/CONFIG
/usr/share/lpf/icons
/usr/share/lpf/icons/error.png
/usr/share/lpf/icons/lpf-128.png
/usr/share/lpf/icons/lpf-24.png
/usr/share/lpf/icons/lpf-32.png
/usr/share/lpf/icons/lpf-48.png
/usr/share/lpf/icons/lpf-64.png
/usr/share/lpf/icons/lpf-gui-24.png
/usr/share/lpf/icons/lpf-gui-32.png
/usr/share/lpf/icons/lpf-gui-48.png
/usr/share/lpf/icons/ok.png
/usr/share/lpf/icons/unbuilt.png
/usr/share/lpf/lpf-gui.1
/usr/share/lpf/lpf-notify.desktop
/usr/share/lpf/lpf.1
/usr/share/lpf/packages
/usr/share/lpf/scripts
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/build-error.ui
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/build_error
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/build_error.py
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-add-group
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-approve
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-build
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-defs.bash
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-gui
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-gui.ui
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-install
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-kill-pgroup
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-notify
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-pkg-postun
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-pkgbuild
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-scan
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-setup-pkg
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-sudo-builddep
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-sudo-defs.bash
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-sudo-install
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf-update
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/lpf_gui_base.py
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/mockbuild
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/mockbuild-helper
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/notify
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/notify.py
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/notify.ui
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/sudo_askpass
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/update
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/update.py
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/update.ui
/usr/share/lpf/scripts/version.py
/usr/share/lpf/version
/usr/share/man/man1/lpf-gui.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lpf.1.gz
/var/lib/lpf
/var/lib/lpf/approvals
/var/lib/lpf/log
/var/lib/lpf/notify
/var/lib/lpf/packages
/var/lib/lpf/rpms
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lpf on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
