How To Install bodr on Fedora 34

bodr is Blue Obelisk Data Repository

Introduction

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

What is bodr

The Blue Obelisk Data Repository lists many important chemoinformatics data such as element and isotope properties, atomic radii, etc. including references to original literature. Developers can use this repository to make their software interoperable.

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

Install bodr 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 bodr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bodr

Install bodr 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 bodr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bodr

How To Uninstall bodr on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove bodr

bodr Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/share/bodr
/usr/share/bodr/crystalstructures.xml
/usr/share/bodr/dicts
/usr/share/bodr/dicts/blueobelisk-dictionary.xml
/usr/share/bodr/elements.xml
/usr/share/bodr/isotopes.xml
/usr/share/bodr/space-groups.xml
/usr/share/doc/bodr
/usr/share/doc/bodr/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/bodr/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/bodr/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/bodr/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/bodr/README
/usr/share/doc/bodr/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/bodr/TODO
/usr/share/doc/bodr/biblio
/usr/share/doc/bodr/biblio/crystalstructures_biblio.html
/usr/share/doc/bodr/biblio/elements_biblio.html
/usr/share/doc/bodr/biblio/isotopes_biblio.html
/usr/share/doc/bodr/biblio/space-groups_biblio.html
/usr/share/pkgconfig/bodr.pc

References

Summary

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