How To Install fantasdic on Fedora 34

fantasdic is Dictionary application using Ruby

Introduction

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

What is fantasdic

Fantasdic is a dictionary application. It allows to look up words in various dictionary sources. It is primarily targetting the GNOME desktop but it should work with other platforms, including Windows. Fantasdic is Free Software.

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

Install fantasdic 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 fantasdic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fantasdic

Install fantasdic 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 fantasdic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fantasdic

How To Uninstall fantasdic on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove fantasdic

fantasdic Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/fantasdic
/usr/share/applications/fantasdic.desktop
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/README
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/TODO
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/ar01s02.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/ar01s03.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/ar01s04.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/ar01s05.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/ar01s06.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/figures
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-databases.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-fonts.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-source.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/figures/fantasdic-find-text.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/figures/fantasdic-preferences-dictionaries.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/figures/fantasdic-preferences-proxy.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/figures/fantasdic-preferences-startup.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/figures/fantasdic-search.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/figures/fantasdic-system-tray.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/figures/fantasdic.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/C/index.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/LINGUAS
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/README
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/es
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/es/ar01s02.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/es/ar01s03.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/es/ar01s04.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/es/ar01s05.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/es/ar01s06.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/es/index.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/ar01s02.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/ar01s03.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/ar01s04.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/ar01s05.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/ar01s06.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/figures
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-databases.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-fonts.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-source.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/figures/fantasdic-find-text.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/figures/fantasdic-preferences-dictionaries.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/figures/fantasdic-preferences-proxy.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/figures/fantasdic-preferences-startup.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/figures/fantasdic-search.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/figures/fantasdic-system-tray.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/figures/fantasdic.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/fr/index.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/sv
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/sv/ar01s02.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/sv/ar01s03.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/sv/ar01s04.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/sv/ar01s05.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/sv/ar01s06.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/sv/figures
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/sv/figures/fantasdic-find-text.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/sv/figures/fantasdic-search.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/sv/figures/fantasdic.png
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/html/sv/index.html
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/README
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/dict-proxy.rb
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/dict-server.rb
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/dictd2stardict.rb
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/dictfmt.rb
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/edict2dictd.rb
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/epwing2dictd.rb
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/jmdict2dictd.rb
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/jmnedict2dictd.rb
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/kanjidic22dictd.rb
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/stardict2dictd.rb
/usr/share/doc/fantasdic/tools/tanakacorpus2dictd.rb
/usr/share/fantasdic
/usr/share/fantasdic/config
/usr/share/fantasdic/config/default.yaml
/usr/share/fantasdic/glade
/usr/share/fantasdic/glade/add_dictionary_dialog.glade
/usr/share/fantasdic/glade/main_app.glade
/usr/share/fantasdic/glade/preferences_dialog.glade
/usr/share/fantasdic/glade/server_infos_dialog.glade
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons/fantasdic.svg
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons/fantasdic_16x16.ico
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons/fantasdic_16x16.png
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons/fantasdic_22x22.ico
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons/fantasdic_22x22.png
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons/fantasdic_24x24.ico
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons/fantasdic_24x24.png
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons/fantasdic_32x32.ico
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons/fantasdic_32x32.png
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons/fantasdic_48x48.ico
/usr/share/fantasdic/icons/fantasdic_48x48.png
/usr/share/fantasdic/ui
/usr/share/fantasdic/ui/menus.xml
/usr/share/fantasdic/ui/popups.xml
/usr/share/fantasdic/ui/toolbar.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/AUTHORS
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/fantasdic.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-databases.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-fonts.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-source.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/figures/fantasdic-find-text.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/figures/fantasdic-preferences-dictionaries.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/figures/fantasdic-preferences-proxy.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/figures/fantasdic-preferences-startup.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/figures/fantasdic-search.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/figures/fantasdic-system-tray.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/C/figures/fantasdic.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/ChangeLog
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/LINGUAS
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/README
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/es
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/es/fantasdic.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/fantasdic.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-databases.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-fonts.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/figures/fantasdic-dictionaries-source.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/figures/fantasdic-find-text.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/figures/fantasdic-preferences-dictionaries.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/figures/fantasdic-preferences-proxy.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/figures/fantasdic-preferences-startup.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/figures/fantasdic-search.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/figures/fantasdic-system-tray.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/fr/figures/fantasdic.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/sv
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/sv/fantasdic.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/sv/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/sv/figures/fantasdic-find-text.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/sv/figures/fantasdic-search.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/fantasdic/sv/figures/fantasdic.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/fantasdic.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/fantasdic.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/fantasdic.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/fantasdic.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/fantasdic.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/fantasdic.svg
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/fantasdic.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/fantasdic.1.gz
/usr/share/omf/fantasdic
/usr/share/omf/fantasdic/fantasdic-C.omf
/usr/share/omf/fantasdic/fantasdic-fr.omf
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/authors.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/binary_search.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/command_line.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/config.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/dictzip.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/documenters.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/file_source.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/gettext.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/net
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/net/dict.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/net/sockssocket.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/preferences.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/source_base.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/sources
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/sources/dict_server.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/sources/dictd_file.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/sources/edict_file.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/sources/epwing_dictionary.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/sources/google_translate.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/sources/stardict_file.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/sources/virtual_dictionary.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/text
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/text/double_metaphone.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/text/levenshtein.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/text/metaphone.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/text/porter_stemming.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/text/soundex.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/translators.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/about_dialog.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/add_dictionary_dialog.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/alert_dialog.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/browser.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/browser.rb.dir
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/combobox_entry.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/glade_base.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/ipc.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/main_app.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/matches_listview.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/preferences_dialog.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/print.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/result_text_view.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/ui/utils.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/utils.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/fantasdic/version.rb

References

Summary

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