How To Install figlet on CentOS 8

figlet is A program for making large letters out of ordinary text

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install figlet on CentOS 8.

What is figlet

FIGlet prints its input using large characters (called “FIGcharacters”) made up of ordinary screen characters (called “sub-characters”). FIGlet output is generally reminiscent of the sort of “signatures” many people like to put at the end of e-mail and UseNet messages. It is also reminiscent of the output of some banner programs, although it is oriented normally, not sideways.

We can use yum or dnf to install figlet on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install figlet.

Install figlet on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install figlet using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install figlet

Install figlet on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install figlet using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install figlet

How To Uninstall figlet on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove figlet

figlet Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/chkfont
/usr/bin/figlet
/usr/bin/figlist
/usr/bin/showfigfonts
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/4189cd1c036d1aa5c28d3893e1d05be09cd653
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/35798887ffe6086215e8da560708faf7927819
/usr/share/doc/figlet
/usr/share/doc/figlet/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/figlet/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/figlet/README
/usr/share/figlet
/usr/share/figlet/646-ca.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-ca2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-cn.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-cu.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-de.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-dk.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-es.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-es2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-fr.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-gb.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-hu.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-irv.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-it.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-jp.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-kr.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-no.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-no2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-pt.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-pt2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-se.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-se2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-yu.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-3.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-4.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-5.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-7.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-8.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-9.flc
/usr/share/figlet/banner.flf
/usr/share/figlet/big.flf
/usr/share/figlet/block.flf
/usr/share/figlet/bubble.flf
/usr/share/figlet/digital.flf
/usr/share/figlet/frango.flc
/usr/share/figlet/hz.flc
/usr/share/figlet/ilhebrew.flc
/usr/share/figlet/ivrit.flf
/usr/share/figlet/jis0201.flc
/usr/share/figlet/koi8r.flc
/usr/share/figlet/lean.flf
/usr/share/figlet/mini.flf
/usr/share/figlet/mnemonic.flf
/usr/share/figlet/moscow.flc
/usr/share/figlet/script.flf
/usr/share/figlet/shadow.flf
/usr/share/figlet/slant.flf
/usr/share/figlet/small.flf
/usr/share/figlet/smscript.flf
/usr/share/figlet/smshadow.flf
/usr/share/figlet/smslant.flf
/usr/share/figlet/standard.flf
/usr/share/figlet/term.flf
/usr/share/figlet/upper.flc
/usr/share/figlet/ushebrew.flc
/usr/share/figlet/uskata.flc
/usr/share/figlet/utf8.flc
/usr/share/licenses/figlet
/usr/share/licenses/figlet/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man6/chkfont.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/figlet.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/figlist.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/showfigfonts.6.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install figlet on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.