How To Install figtoipe on Fedora 34

figtoipe is FIG to IPE conversion tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install figtoipe on Fedora 34.

What is figtoipe

Figtoipe is a program that reads FIG files (as generated by xfig) and generates an XML file readable by the Ipe editor.

We can use yum or dnf to install figtoipe on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install figtoipe.

Install figtoipe on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install figtoipe

Install figtoipe on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install figtoipe using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install figtoipe

How To Uninstall figtoipe on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove figtoipe

figtoipe Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/figtoipe
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/ade51357cc436ab2b9810aa0a197481eb76d75
/usr/share/doc/figtoipe
/usr/share/doc/figtoipe/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/figtoipe/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/figtoipe/README
/usr/share/doc/figtoipe/gpl-2.0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/figtoipe.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install figtoipe on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.