How To Install epstool on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install epstool on Fedora 34.
What is epstool
Epstool is a utility to create or extract preview images in EPS files, fix bounding boxes and convert to bitmaps. Features * Add EPSI, DOS EPS or Mac PICT previews. * Extract PostScript from DOS EPS files. * Uses Ghostscript to create preview bitmaps. * Create a TIFF, WMF, PICT or Interchange preview from part of a bitmap created by Ghostscript. * works under Win32, Win64, OS/2 and Unix. * works on little-endian machines (Intel) or big endian (Sun Sparc, Motorola) machines.
We can use yum or dnf to install epstool on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install epstool.
Install epstool 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 epstool using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install epstool
Install epstool 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 epstool using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install epstool
How To Uninstall epstool on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the epstool package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove epstool
epstool Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/epstool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/639cff4fb4ea29c66c72f3be86795401f901d2
/usr/share/doc/epstool
/usr/share/doc/epstool/LICENCE
/usr/share/doc/epstool/epstool.htm
/usr/share/doc/epstool/gsview.css
/usr/share/man/man1/epstool.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install epstool on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.