How To Install weston-libs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install weston-libs in Fedora 36. weston-libs is Weston compositor libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install weston-libs on Fedora 36.

What is weston-libs

This package contains Weston compositor libraries.

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

Install weston-libs 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 weston-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install weston-libs

Install weston-libs 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 weston-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install weston-libs

How To Uninstall weston-libs on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the weston-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove weston-libs

weston-libs Package Contents on Fedora 36

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title: "How To Install weston-libs on Fedora 36"
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## Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install `weston-libs` on Fedora 36.

### What is `weston-libs`

> This package contains Weston compositor libraries.  

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

## Install weston-libs on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install weston-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install weston-libs

Install weston-libs 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 weston-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install weston-libs

How To Uninstall weston-libs on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the weston-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove weston-libs

weston-libs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/e781da23be2ceff9c246bd4b859ab0932a50c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/dbe6133620ea98d2505bf55b294c251d4ae5fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/019643aa9c02a4327b8db8d2c0b3609e93beec
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/1a62718626de720b6b3b2d5a19c5600a39b4e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/ec818141d8e93dc978abb64c63e21edd1ce41a
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/d66bb5beab16c4b06542aa147b3a4ad7ef7556
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/e197a0c2b9e6a8747f17dc0599086c27320abb
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/db8f3fdb6b0977e1c50385aba345855233a4a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/0858bdb59e6d3419b78afe5f083dd5c67e854f
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/1aa7099a2c9aa393f964432ca77255e2f9d3db
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/83c6848c488d82f4f6c5f92d2ec6b05359052e
/usr/lib/libweston-8
/usr/lib/libweston-8.so.0
/usr/lib/libweston-8.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libweston-8/drm-backend.so
/usr/lib/libweston-8/fbdev-backend.so
/usr/lib/libweston-8/gl-renderer.so
/usr/lib/libweston-8/headless-backend.so
/usr/lib/libweston-8/rdp-backend.so
/usr/lib/libweston-8/remoting-plugin.so
/usr/lib/libweston-8/wayland-backend.so
/usr/lib/libweston-8/x11-backend.so
/usr/lib/libweston-8/xwayland.so
/usr/lib/libweston-desktop-8.so.0
/usr/lib/libweston-desktop-8.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/weston-libs
/usr/share/licenses/weston-libs/COPYING

References

Summary

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

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## References

* [weston-libs website](http://wayland.freedesktop.org/)

## Summary

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