How To Install pdfpc on Fedora 34

pdfpc is A GTK based presentation viewer application for GNU/Linux

Introduction

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

What is pdfpc

pdfpc is a GTK based presentation viewer application for GNU/Linux which uses Keynote like multi-monitor output to provide meta information to the speaker during the presentation. It is able to show a normal presentation window on one screen, while showing a more sophisticated overview on the other one providing information like a picture of the next slide, as well as the left over time till the end of the presentation. The input files processed by pdfpc are PDF documents, which can be created using nearly any of today’s presentation software.

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

Install pdfpc 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 pdfpc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pdfpc

Install pdfpc 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 pdfpc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pdfpc

How To Uninstall pdfpc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pdfpc

pdfpc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/pdfpcrc
/usr/bin/pdfpc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/d8734a0a378893cefcb95f6b0442bd6c075ca2
/usr/share/doc/pdfpc
/usr/share/doc/pdfpc/CHANGELOG.rst
/usr/share/doc/pdfpc/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/pdfpc
/usr/share/licenses/pdfpc/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/pdfpc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pdfpcrc.5.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/blank.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/empty.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/eraser.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/hidden.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/highlight.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/linewidth.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/loaded.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/locked.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/move.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/notes.css
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/pause.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/pdfpc.css
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/pen.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/saved.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/settings.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/snow.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pdfpc/spotlight.svg

References

Summary

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