How To Install equalx on Fedora 34

equalx is A graphical editor for writing LaTeX equations

Introduction

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

What is equalx

EqualX is an application that helps you to write equations in LaTeX and to preview them in real-time.

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

Install equalx 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 equalx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install equalx

Install equalx 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 equalx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install equalx

How To Uninstall equalx on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove equalx

equalx Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/equalx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/f57315c274cc46034a7bd9d3e2c796efcdf285
/usr/share/applications/equalx.desktop
/usr/share/doc/equalx
/usr/share/doc/equalx/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/equalx/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/equalx/changelog
/usr/share/man/man1/equalx.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/equalx.svg

References

Summary

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