How To Install chafa on Fedora 34

chafa is Image-to-text converter for terminal

Introduction

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

What is chafa

Chafa is a command-line utility that converts all kinds of images, including animated image formats like GIFs, into ANSI/Unicode character output that can be displayed in a terminal. It is highly configurable, with support for alpha transparency and multiple color modes and color spaces, combining a range of Unicode characters for optimal output.

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

Install chafa 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 chafa using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install chafa

Install chafa 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 chafa using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install chafa

How To Uninstall chafa on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove chafa

chafa Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/chafa
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/c54d35ca16a5d0ea6b572e571c3362a558e12e
/usr/share/doc/chafa
/usr/share/doc/chafa/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/chafa/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/doc/chafa/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/chafa/README
/usr/share/doc/chafa/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/chafa
/usr/share/licenses/chafa/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/man/man1/chafa.1.gz

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Summary

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