How To Install fontforge-devel on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fontforge-devel in Fedora 36. fontforge-devel is Development files for fontforge

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fontforge-devel on Fedora 36.

What is fontforge-devel

This package includes the library files you will need to compile applications against fontforge.

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

Install fontforge-devel 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 fontforge-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fontforge-devel

Install fontforge-devel on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.


sudo yum makecache --refresh
title: "How To Install fontforge-devel on Fedora 36"

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sudo yum -y install fontforge-devel

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How To Uninstall fontforge-devel on Fedora 36

Introduction

To uninstall only the fontforge-devel package we can use the following command:

In this tutorial we learn how to install fontforge-devel on Fedora 36.


sudo dnf remove fontforge-devel
### What is `fontforge-devel`

This package includes the library files you will need to compile applications against fontforge.

fontforge-devel Package Contents on Fedora 36

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


## Install fontforge-devel 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 fontforge-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fontforge-devel

Install fontforge-devel 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 fontforge-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fontforge-devel

How To Uninstall fontforge-devel on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the fontforge-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fontforge-devel

fontforge-devel Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/libfontforge.so

References

Summary

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

/usr/lib64/libfontforge.so


## References

* [fontforge-devel website](http://fontforge.github.io/)

## Summary

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