How To Install kpartsplugin on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kpartsplugin in Fedora 36. kpartsplugin is KParts technology to embed file viewers into non-KDE browsers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kpartsplugin on Fedora 36.

What is kpartsplugin

This software implements a plug-in for Netscape-compatible browsers in a Unix environment. This plug-in uses KDE’s KParts technology to embed file viewers (e.g. for PDF files) into non-KDE browsers. Tested browsers include both Mozilla Firefox and Opera. With this plug-in, you can e.g. view PDF files in Firefox using Okular as an embedded plug-in.

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

Install kpartsplugin 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 kpartsplugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kpartsplugin

Install kpartsplugin 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 kpartsplugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kpartsplugin

How To Uninstall kpartsplugin on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove kpartsplugin

kpartsplugin Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/eb5bd136b7f32c7aaf8a6e28847cee6f9b7659
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/57182642c6a41fdfb45a3afbda5401ef605486
/usr/lib64/kde4/kcm_kpartsplugin.so
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libkpartsplugin.so
/usr/share/doc/kpartsplugin
/usr/share/doc/kpartsplugin/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/kpartsplugin/README.txt
/usr/share/kde4/services/kcm_kpartsplugin.desktop

References

Summary

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