How To Install figlet on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install figlet
on Fedora 34.
What is figlet
FIGlet prints its input using large characters (called “FIGcharacters”) made up of ordinary screen characters (called “sub-characters”). FIGlet output is generally reminiscent of the sort of “signatures” many people like to put at the end of e-mail and UseNet messages. It is also reminiscent of the output of some banner programs, although it is oriented normally, not sideways.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install figlet
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install figlet.
Install figlet 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 figlet
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install figlet
Install figlet 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 figlet
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install figlet
How To Uninstall figlet on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the figlet
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove figlet
figlet Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/chkfont
/usr/bin/figlet
/usr/bin/figlist
/usr/bin/showfigfonts
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/83552c5763cdccc2f484b4b710ee1bac2ceeeb
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/44999c7de59602290fdd0bc396b14390c69d1e
/usr/share/doc/figlet
/usr/share/doc/figlet/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/figlet/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/figlet/README
/usr/share/figlet
/usr/share/figlet/646-ca.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-ca2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-cn.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-cu.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-de.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-dk.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-es.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-es2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-fr.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-gb.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-hu.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-irv.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-it.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-jp.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-kr.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-no.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-no2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-pt.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-pt2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-se.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-se2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/646-yu.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-2.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-3.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-4.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-5.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-7.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-8.flc
/usr/share/figlet/8859-9.flc
/usr/share/figlet/banner.flf
/usr/share/figlet/big.flf
/usr/share/figlet/block.flf
/usr/share/figlet/bubble.flf
/usr/share/figlet/digital.flf
/usr/share/figlet/frango.flc
/usr/share/figlet/hz.flc
/usr/share/figlet/ilhebrew.flc
/usr/share/figlet/ivrit.flf
/usr/share/figlet/jis0201.flc
/usr/share/figlet/koi8r.flc
/usr/share/figlet/lean.flf
/usr/share/figlet/mini.flf
/usr/share/figlet/mnemonic.flf
/usr/share/figlet/moscow.flc
/usr/share/figlet/script.flf
/usr/share/figlet/shadow.flf
/usr/share/figlet/slant.flf
/usr/share/figlet/small.flf
/usr/share/figlet/smscript.flf
/usr/share/figlet/smshadow.flf
/usr/share/figlet/smslant.flf
/usr/share/figlet/standard.flf
/usr/share/figlet/term.flf
/usr/share/figlet/upper.flc
/usr/share/figlet/ushebrew.flc
/usr/share/figlet/uskata.flc
/usr/share/figlet/utf8.flc
/usr/share/licenses/figlet
/usr/share/licenses/figlet/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man6/chkfont.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/figlet.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/figlist.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/showfigfonts.6.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install figlet
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.