How To Install extrema on Fedora 34

extrema is A powerful visualization and data analysis tool

Introduction

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

What is `extrema`

Extrema is a powerful visualization and data analysis tool that enables researchers to quickly distill their large, complex data sets into meaningful information. Its flexibility, sophistication, and power allow you to easily develop your own commands and create highly customized graphs.

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

Install extrema 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 extrema using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install extrema

Install extrema 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 extrema using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install extrema

How To Uninstall extrema on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove extrema

extrema Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/extrema
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/a6e016a7520eb0b23993b75f9cb28691a34ad7
/usr/share/applications/extrema.desktop
/usr/share/doc/extrema
/usr/share/doc/extrema/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/extrema/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/extrema/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/extrema/README
/usr/share/doc/extrema/THANKS
/usr/share/extrema
/usr/share/extrema/Images
/usr/share/extrema/Images/3dplot.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow1.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow11.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow12.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow13.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow2.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow21.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow22.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow23.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow3.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow31.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow32.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/arrow33.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/aspectRatio.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/clear.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/constants.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/downarrow.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/drawfigure.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/drawgraph.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/drawtext.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/execute.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/executeClearList.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/executeRemoveFilename.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/exit.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/figures.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/fillcolor.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/fillcolors.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/fit.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/generate.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/help.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/importdrawing.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/leftArrow.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/leftarrow.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/linecolor.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/linecolors.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/linethickness.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/linewidth.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/newPage.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/peakfind.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/print.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/rectangle.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/rectangle1.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/regularPolygon.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/regularPolygon1.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/removePage.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/restore.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/rightArrow.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/rightarrow.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/save.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/show.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/square.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/square1.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/stack.GIF
/usr/share/extrema/Images/star.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/star1.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/uparrow.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/zoomin.bmp
/usr/share/extrema/Images/zoomout.bmp
/usr/share/licenses/extrema
/usr/share/licenses/extrema/COPYING
/usr/share/pixmaps/extrema.png

References

extrema website

Summary

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