How To Install bib2html on Fedora 34

bib2html is Converting bibTeX file to HTML

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bib2html on Fedora 34.

What is bib2html

bib2html is a utility for converting a bibTeX file into HTML format. It will recognize the ‘url’ field in the bibTeX entries and make appropriate links in the HTML output to the URL location.

We can use yum or dnf to install bib2html on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bib2html.

Install bib2html 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 bib2html using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bib2html

Install bib2html 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 bib2html using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bib2html

How To Uninstall bib2html on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the bib2html package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bib2html

bib2html Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/bib2html
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/4d3a798dcf64558dc4330cd5ec05cc2f8b0d9f
/usr/share/doc/bib2html
/usr/share/doc/bib2html/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/bib2html/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/bib2html/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/bib2html/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/bib2html/README
/usr/share/doc/bib2html/bib2html.html
/usr/share/licenses/bib2html
/usr/share/licenses/bib2html/COPYING

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bib2html on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.