How To Install cantor on Fedora 34

cantor is KDE Frontend to Mathematical Software

Introduction

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

What is `cantor`

KDE Frontend to Mathematical Software.

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

Install cantor 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 cantor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cantor

Install cantor 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 cantor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cantor

How To Uninstall cantor on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove cantor

cantor Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/cantor
/usr/bin/cantor_juliaserver
/usr/bin/cantor_pythonserver
/usr/bin/cantor_rserver
/usr/bin/cantor_scripteditor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/03d0df2a65e6d80871a5a2c20361826d53f1a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/f69e9d5ce1246e6341eb2f4809a027bddbf5ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/f654d9d1fa48e5d8f3b1daa44ebf718e5c01be
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/f3bc5a6490e31003f7423afd9ca238e7f30d62
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/444973f459a4b039cab2bf291e678055d25fdc
/usr/share/applications/org.kde.cantor.desktop
/usr/share/cantor
/usr/share/cantor/latex
/usr/share/cantor/latex/preview.sty
/usr/share/cantor/maximabackend
/usr/share/cantor/maximabackend/cantor-initmaxima.lisp
/usr/share/cantor/octave
/usr/share/cantor/octave/graphic_packages.xml
/usr/share/cantor/octavebackend
/usr/share/cantor/octavebackend/cantor_eigenvectors.m
/usr/share/cantor/octavebackend/cantor_plot2d.m
/usr/share/cantor/octavebackend/cantor_plot3d.m
/usr/share/cantor/octavebackend/cantor_print.m
/usr/share/cantor/sagebackend
/usr/share/cantor/sagebackend/cantor-execsage
/usr/share/cantor/xslt
/usr/share/cantor/xslt/latex.xsl
/usr/share/config.kcfg/cantor.kcfg
/usr/share/config.kcfg/cantor_libs.kcfg
/usr/share/config.kcfg/juliabackend.kcfg
/usr/share/config.kcfg/kalgebrabackend.kcfg
/usr/share/config.kcfg/luabackend.kcfg
/usr/share/config.kcfg/maximabackend.kcfg
/usr/share/config.kcfg/octavebackend.kcfg
/usr/share/config.kcfg/pythonbackend.kcfg
/usr/share/config.kcfg/qalculatebackend.kcfg
/usr/share/config.kcfg/rserver.kcfg
/usr/share/config.kcfg/sagebackend.kcfg
/usr/share/config.kcfg/scilabbackend.kcfg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/create-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/differentiate-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/import-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/integrate-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/matrix-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/plot-dlg1.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/plot-dlg2.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/plot2d-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/plot3d-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/screenshot.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/cantor/solve-equations-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/create-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/differentiate-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/import-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/integrate-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/latex_formula.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/matrix-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/plot-dlg1.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/plot-dlg2.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/plot2d-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/plot3d-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/screenshot.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/cantor/solve-equations-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/cantor/screenshot.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/cantor/screenshot.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/gl/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/gl/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/gl/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/cantor/screenshot.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/create-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/differentiate-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/import-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/integrate-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/matrix-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/plot-dlg1.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/plot-dlg2.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/plot2d-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/plot3d-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/screenshot.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/cantor/solve-equations-dlg.png
/usr/share/doc/cantor
/usr/share/doc/cantor/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/cantor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/cantor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/cantor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/cantor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/cantor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/juliabackend.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/kalgebrabackend.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/luabackend.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/maximabackend.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/octavebackend.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/pythonbackend.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/qalculatebackend.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/rbackend.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/sagebackend.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/scilabbackend.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/cantor.png
/usr/share/knsrcfiles/cantor.knsrc
/usr/share/knsrcfiles/cantor_kalgebra.knsrc
/usr/share/knsrcfiles/cantor_lua.knsrc
/usr/share/knsrcfiles/cantor_maxima.knsrc
/usr/share/knsrcfiles/cantor_octave.knsrc
/usr/share/knsrcfiles/cantor_python.knsrc
/usr/share/knsrcfiles/cantor_qalculate.knsrc
/usr/share/knsrcfiles/cantor_sage.knsrc
/usr/share/knsrcfiles/cantor_scilab.knsrc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_advancedplot_assistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_create_matrix_assistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_differentiate_assistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_eigenvalues_assistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_eigenvectors_assistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_import_package_assistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_integrate_assistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_invert_matrix_assistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_plot2d_assistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_plot3d_assistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_qalculateplotassistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_runscript_assistant.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_scripteditor.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_shell.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/cantor/cantor_solve_assistant.rc
/usr/share/licenses/cantor
/usr/share/licenses/cantor/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/cantor/COPYING.DOC
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/cantor.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/org.kde.cantor.appdata.xml

References

cantor website

Summary

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