How To Install xmbdfed on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmbdfed
on Fedora 34.
What is xmbdfed
The XmBDFEditor lets you interactively create new bitmap font files or modify existing ones. It allows editing multiple fonts and multiple glyphs, it allows cut and paste operations between fonts and glyphs and editing font properties. The editor works natively with BDF fonts.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xmbdfed
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xmbdfed.
Install xmbdfed 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 xmbdfed
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xmbdfed
Install xmbdfed 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 xmbdfed
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xmbdfed
How To Uninstall xmbdfed on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xmbdfed
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xmbdfed
xmbdfed Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/xmbdfed
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/c393e13b5e4d3fb3d8f0be97766da0cd509972
/usr/share/applications/xmbdfed.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xmbdfed
/usr/share/doc/xmbdfed/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/xmbdfed/COPYRIGHTS
/usr/share/doc/xmbdfed/README
/usr/share/doc/xmbdfed/xmbdfedrc
/usr/share/man/man1/xmbdfed.man.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xmbdfed.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmbdfed
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.