How To Install CuraEngine on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install CuraEngine
on Fedora 34.
What is CuraEngine
CuraEngine is a C++ console application for 3D printing G-code generation. It has been made as a better and faster alternative to the old Skeinforge engine. This is just a console application for G-code generation. For a full graphical application look at cura with is the graphical frontend for CuraEngine.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install CuraEngine
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install CuraEngine.
Install CuraEngine 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 CuraEngine
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install CuraEngine
Install CuraEngine 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 CuraEngine
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install CuraEngine
How To Uninstall CuraEngine on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the CuraEngine
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove CuraEngine
CuraEngine Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/CuraEngine
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/aacfe54017eae10cad0ab06a33e6845ae48608
/usr/share/doc/CuraEngine
/usr/share/doc/CuraEngine/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/CuraEngine/README.md
/usr/bin/CuraEngine
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/03fe56d82f2db6d496a73f988b57afc56bb92a
/usr/share/doc/CuraEngine
/usr/share/doc/CuraEngine/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/CuraEngine/README.md
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install CuraEngine
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.