How To Install tpp on Fedora 34

tpp is A ncurses-based presentation tool

Introduction

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

What is tpp

tpp stands for text presentation program and is a ncurses-based presentation tool. The presentation can be written with your favorite editor in a simple description format and then shown on any text terminal that is supported by ncurses - ranging from an old VT100 to the Linux framebuffer to an xterm.

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

Install tpp 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 tpp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tpp

Install tpp 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 tpp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tpp

How To Uninstall tpp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove tpp

tpp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/tpp/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/tpp/DESIGN
/usr/share/doc/tpp/README
/usr/share/doc/tpp/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/ac-am.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/align-footer.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/bold.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/colors.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/colors2.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/debian-packaging.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/exec.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/horline.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/huge.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/list.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/manyslides.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/shell.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/slidein.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/source.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/test.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/tpp-features.tpp
/usr/share/doc/tpp/examples/wrap.tpp
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/tpp-mode.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/tpp-mode.elc
/usr/share/man/man1/tpp.1.gz
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/tpp.vim

References

Summary

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