How To Install popt on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install popt in Fedora 36. popt is C library for parsing command line parameters

Introduction

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

What is `popt`

Popt is a C library for parsing command line parameters. Popt was heavily influenced by the getopt() and getopt_long() functions, but it improves on them by allowing more powerful argument expansion. Popt can parse arbitrary argv[] style arrays and automatically set variables based on command line arguments. Popt allows command line arguments to be aliased via configuration files and includes utility functions for parsing arbitrary strings into argv[] arrays using shell-like rules.

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

Install popt 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 popt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install popt

Install popt 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 popt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install popt

How To Uninstall popt on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove popt

popt Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/popt.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/f24c7ba050a70c1d297dfcf1cbbd82f1124643
/usr/lib64/libpopt.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpopt.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/popt
/usr/share/doc/popt/CHANGES
/usr/share/licenses/popt
/usr/share/licenses/popt/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo

References

popt website

Summary

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